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America’s labour market is not working

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Re: America’s labour market is not working

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> The relentless decline in the proportion of prime-aged US adults in the labour market indicates a significant dysfunction. It deserves attention and analysis. But it also merits action.

It prompts the question-- if you're not employed or underemployed, what are you doing? How do you spend your days?

Re: America’s labour market is not working

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> The relentless decline in the proportion of prime-aged US adults in the labour market indicates a significant dysfunction. It deserves attention and analysis. But it also merits action. It prompts the question-- if you're not employed or underemployed, what are you doing? How do you spend your days?

Mostly watching TV: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/atus.pdf

Re: America’s labour market is not working

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The article requires a subscription or other annoyances, but I wonder if it related to this...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandratalty/2015/11/03/skyroc...

>According to a new study, the number of 25 to 34 year old living with housemates increased by a whopping 39 percent from 2005 to 2015, from 5.7 to 7.4 percent.