...at least partially to the troubled economy. "The steep decline in youth employment is driven by the economy," said Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern. The study done for the National League of Cities...

...graduates able to find jobs often fail to find ones commensurate with their education. Northeastern University economist Andrew Sum calculates that only 51 percent of college graduates under 25 work in jobs that require a college degree, The New York...