Maybe They'll Have Summer-Job Income After All

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Companies that market to teens are likely anticipating a rough summer as the economy puts a damper on kids’ likelihood of landing jobs (and incomes) during the school-vacation season. They’ll draw some hope, then, from a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which suggests the teen-summer-job market won’t be unusually bad after all.

Challenger forecasts that between 1.5 million and 1.6 million 16-19-year-olds will end up with summer jobs this year. While down from the 2.02

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