Is this a coincidence or is this happening more broadly across society?
The share of men in their prime working years who aren't employed or looking for work has been dropping for decades. People point to lots of causes, such as the decrease in traditionally male occupations that don't require a college degree, the decrease of family formation/marriage rates, the rise of certain drug epidemics, and men with criminal records struggling to find decent-paying work. It's not a new problem, but it does account for a huge amount of men nationally.
Is this a coincidence or is this happening more broadly across society?
The share of men in their prime working years who aren't employed or looking for work has been dropping for decades. People point to lots of causes, such as the decrease in traditionally male occupations that don't require a college degree, the decrease of family formation/marriage rates, the rise of certain drug epidemics, and men with criminal records struggling to find decent-paying work. It's not a new problem, but it does account for a huge amount of men nationally.
The share of men in their prime working years who aren't employed or looking for work has been dropping for decades. People point to lots of causes, such as the decrease in traditionally male occupations that don't require a college degree, the decrease of family formation/marriage rates, the rise of certain drug epidemics, and men with criminal records struggling to find decent-paying work. It's not a new problem, but it does account for a huge amount of men nationally.
So, you're saying that a greater and greater percentage of men in their prime working years are working or looking for work?
How is that a problem?
I misspoke (wrote) in that sentence. It's labor force participation by prime working age men that has been dropping; the numbers of men in that demographic not working or looking has been increasing. I corrected myself in post #21. The linked article and the rest of my original post all communicate the correct idea.
And this is the mystery of the Biden's hot job market. There is low unemployment if they're not looking for work to begin with. I also know a plenty of people doing nothing.
I mean, isn’t that the goal in life? Get rich enough to stop working and drink $1,500 bottles of tequila every day. Wake up. Play a round of golf. Go to the beach. Drink another $1,500 bottle and go home. Sounds like the perfect life to me.