The rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployment rates for recent college graduates, a study released Monday has found.
The study, by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, compared occupations that can be done remotely - such as software development - with those that are done in person, such as nursing. The study finds that the unemployment rate among young college graduates in "remotable" jobs rose by about 1 percentage point from 2017-2019 to 2022-2024.
