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Tuesday, September 05, 2006

People are more likely to keep working than were their parents in what used to be known as 'the golden years'

People are more likely to keep working than were their parents in what used to be known as 'the golden years'
Source: NYT
OVER the course of a generation — 20 years — the American labor force has changed substantially. Workers are less likely to have dropped out of high school and more likely to be college graduates. They are less likely to work for companies that make things, and more likely to work for companies that provide services. Women are more likely to be in the labor force than they were 20 years ago, but men in the prime working ages of 20 to 54 are less likely to have jobs.

 



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