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A study recently released by Northeastern University?s Center for Labor Market Studies reveals that young workers are the group hardest hit in the post-September 11 economic downturn. The report shows that in 2001 over 1 million workers between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four lost their jobs, and that in the months immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Center young workers made up ninety-five percent of those who lost their jobs. Among the causes of this disproportionate impact, are the heavy drops in two of the largest sources of employment for high school students and recent graduates---the temporary work and retail sectors---and the failure of many dot-com and technology companies, which in recent years have employed a growing number of college students and graduates.