Alternatively, if the decrease in young people was marginal, and the increase in other age groups balanced it out, it could be true that there was no overall de

Alternatively, if the decrease in young people was marginal, and the increase in other age groups balanced it out, it could be true that there was no overall decrease. Hard to say without seeing their numbers. Especially if these young people were only a tiny percentage of the labor pool to begin with, it may be an inconsequential blip in the bigger picture, which is how I read it. In other words, if young people were 10% of the labor pool, and experienced a 10% reduction in work, that would be significant to that demographic, but a less significant 1% increase overall would mask it from impacting the bigger picture.