Emma Harrington
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The study began with a deep dive into one Fortune 500 tech company.
Researchers found when the company went to remote work after the pandemic, they switched away from hiring young people.
University of Virginia economist Emma Harrington is one of the study's authors.
bunch of new grads for their software engineering jobs.
Then they shifted really towards hiring much older people.
Who needed less training, less mentoring.
But when the company implemented an aggressive return to office policy, they resumed hiring new grads.
The researchers found similar trends across the economy in occupations that can be done remotely.
Unemployment rose for college graduates under the age of 29 and fell slightly for those over.
The study began with a deep dive into one Fortune 500 tech company.
Researchers found when the company went to remote work after the pandemic, they switched away from hiring young people.
University of Virginia economist Emma Harrington is one of the study's authors.
So they used to hire a bunch of new grads for their software engineering jobs.
Then they shifted really towards hiring much older people.
Who needed less training, less mentoring?
But when the company implemented an aggressive return to office policy, they resumed hiring new grads.
The researchers found similar trends across the economy in occupations that can be done remotely.
Unemployment rose for college graduates under the age of 29 and fell slightly for those over.