> Wu said marriage market anxiety for younger male workers is likely the prime reason for leaving the workforce when their social status declines. Weird that t

> Wu said marriage market anxiety for younger male workers is likely the prime reason for leaving the workforce when their social status declines. Weird that this claim gets marked as "prime reason" and the other followup reasons are given an actual percent. I guess this is because it's the "reservation wage" [0] argument but instead of the general explanation given that a previously 6-figure SWE doesn't want to accept a 5-figure fry-flipping job it's presented as a 6-figure SWE thinks fry-flipping will make them unattractive? BLS actually has a nice chart showing poll results for why prime-aged men are not working and "Other" is maybe 6% (dwarfed by ill/disabled at 56%). > In addition to that, she said, 30% of prime-age men who left the workforce reported disability conditions at the time of their exits. I guess non-college degree jobs are too physically demanding of their workforce. [0]: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ccf_20170517_declining_labor_force_participation_sawhill1.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ccf_201...