>Its research found that some of the pay squeeze was due to under-35s entering the job market as the recession hit, but it also concluded that generational pay

>Its research found that some of the pay squeeze was due to under-35s entering the job market as the recession hit, but it also concluded that generational pay progress had ground to a halt even before the financial crisis struck in 2007/8. Interesting. I graduated into the worst of the financial crisis (Lehman brothers went under the month after I finished my studies), and I remember reading a lot about the former -- that those graduating into a recession make less in their lifetimes -- but was unaware of the latter part of this statement.