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Originally Posted by opendoor
So do older people though. For 25+ year olds the average actual hours worked has dropped from 39.3 in 1980 to 37.5 now. Even as recent as 2000, the average was 39.4 hours. And the same holds true for 45+ year olds, so it's not youth underemployment driving that.
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The definition of what "youth" is has changed. People aged 25-30 have are underemployed. Once again, the categories her are totally meaningless. 15-25, 25-45, 45+....those groups no longer form cohesive groups of any sort. People aren't getting stable jobs at 25 and then decreasing hours, as they look towards retirement at 45, anymore.