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A valid point from the comment section of the articles (In case you didn't go down that far) You might look at workforce participation by age. The percentage o
by HaloZero 16y ago
A valid point from the comment section of the articles (In case you didn't go down that far)
You might look at workforce participation by age. The percentage of men and women under 25 had been slowly dropping long before the recession. I figured this was because more of them were going to college. It also occurred to me that, as more men had a working wife, fewer men were working, or working full-time. So men's wages might be going down, and households remaining the same, because the paid work was shifting to a more equal distribution.
- By Lisa deGruyter Clarksburg, WV
- harshpotatoes 16y agoA valid point, but the article mentions that the employment decline is disproportionately concentrated amongst low skill workers. It doesn't seem likely to me that these types of workers would be living in a household where only one of the spouses would work and the other would stay at home by choice.
- StudyAnimal 16y agoWhat is more likely? That a low skilled man marries a medium or higher skilled wife who is likely to find a job, or more likely to delay or decide not to have children? Or he is married to a low or unskilled wife who likely couldn't find work if she wanted, or has children she has to stay home to look after?