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‘They’re in Deep Hiding’: Pandemic Hinders Efforts to Reengage Texas’ Disconnected Youth
Education and employment trends suggest that the number of 16–24-year-olds disconnected from both work and school—known as opportunity youth—has grown during the pandemic.
Partnership Emphasizes Education to Make Permian Basin a Better Place to Live
As a participant in the Dallas Fed's Advance Together initiative, the Education Partnership of the Permian Basin is accelerating a collective approach to addressing education, workforce and quality-of-life needs.
Journal Article
New from the Richmond Fed’s Regional Matters blog
Recap of recent Regional Matters Blog posts.
Working Paper
Industrial Composition and Intergenerational Mobility
For five decades, the share of adults employed in college-degree-intensive industries, such as health care and education, has been rising. Industries that provided employment for workers without degrees, especially manufacturing, have been reducing their payrolls. This economic transition could impact the probability of children obtaining higher levels of education than their parents achieved. In this analysis, measures of the local industrial composition from the Current Population Survey are merged with the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth using the confidential geo-coded records. ...
Dallas Faces a Gaping Digital Divide When It Comes to Economic Inclusion
In the city of Dallas, about 42 percent of households lack a fixed connection to the internet. What does this mean for our neighbors’ economic future? How can we close the digital divide?
Austin Partnership Supports Parenting Students to Build Opportunity Across Generations
Family Pathways works with parenting students enrolled in high-demand degree programs at Austin Community College to promote economic mobility for lower-income families.
Economy's Essential Early Care and Education Industry but Still Faces Labor Shortfall
When the pandemic first struck and many child care centers closed, ECE worker unemployment spiked. Now that two years have passed since the onset of COVID-19 in the United States, to what extent has the industry recovered?
How Can You Close the Digital Divide in Your Community? Start with a Needs Assessment
The shape of the digital divide is different in each community. Affordability, infrastructure, lack of devices or skills, and low awareness of the internet’s benefits can all be factors.
Advance Together: Four Community Partnerships Receive Grants, Coaching to Further Economic Inclusion Programs
Each partnership will receive $300,000 in external funding to implement their plans to address education and workforce challenges in their community, as well as training and coaching to increase the impact of their programs.
Skipping School: Enrollment Numbers Down for Students Ages 16–24 During Pandemic
Pandemic-related hardships likely contributed to a surge in the number of young people disconnected from school at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.