Are teen jobs becoming a luxury good?

Are teen jobs becoming a luxury good? - Ideas - The Boston Globe:
"A sharp decline in work for youth is depriving a generation of key skills—especially the kids who need them most
.....That has many experts wondering just what will happen to the vast majority of today’s teens, who are not working at all.
“This is the first generation that will not have major work experience as part of their adolescent development,” said Jeylan Mortimer, a sociologist at the University of Minnesota who has studied teenagers and work.
“This raises major concerns.”
Teenagers who work in high school do far more than earn extra spending money.
They end up with better adult jobs and higher incomes, according to studies, as well as stronger “soft skills” like dependability, punctuality, confidence, and communication.
For boys, especially, the chances of enrolling in and graduating from college are significantly higher for those who worked in high school.
“Work experience matters a lot,” said Paul Harrington, director of the Center for Labor Markets and Policy at Drexel University.
“It matters for every kid, in every way possible.”