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surrealAmerican

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4. How much of this is demographic?

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 02:33 PM

Oct 2015

We're talking about the baby boomers here. In 1977, they were not yet all in the workforce. Now, some of the older boomers are retiring. If you add in the higher percentage of younger people who remain full time students (as compared to thirty or forty years ago) this may not be saying much about employment.

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Labor Force Participation Sinks To A 38-Year Low [View all] Purveyor Oct 2015 OP

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Kick rec Doctor_J Oct 2015 #3

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And it's over 80% still (nt) Recursion Oct 2015 #16

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Thank God. I'd hate to think our aging population wasn't able to retire Recursion Oct 2015 #10

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What's the % of people over retirement age track like? People who stay in school past 16? whatthehey Oct 2015 #14