Young people don’t want construction jobs
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Re: Young people don’t want construction jobs
#2So pay them more.
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#3Young people already can't afford houses so it seems like a self regulating problem.
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#4The market will decide!
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#5Non-WSJ Alternative (seems to be an affiliated summary): https://www.marketwatch.com/story/young-people-are-shunning-...
Re: Young people don’t want construction jobs
#6So pay them more.
No reason to do that with current immigration "policy", or lack thereof.
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#7Drywall rotting on the trucks, for lack of people to hang it.
Re: Young people don’t want construction jobs
#8Why would they? You've spent the last 30 years telling them not to do those jobs, devaluing them with globalization and de-unionizing them to make sure those jobs don't create any kind of sustainable lifestyle for the people that do them. Someone on HN a while back gave some good advice: whenever you see "people won't do X job", append in your mind the qualifier "for Y underpaid salary/benefits package".
Re: Young people don’t want construction jobs
#9So pay them more.
There isnt a market for that: increased wages would increase house prices and the developer estimates he cant sell the house.
If land were cheaper you would see rising wages.
Re: Young people don’t want construction jobs
#10These types of jobs eventually burn out your body.
You used to be able to buy a house and grow a family on these wages, and eventually retire. With that no longer being the case, why would anyone with choice choose this option?