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Re:Labor Supply and the Attention Tax by jaclaz on Sunday October 21, 2018 @02:52PM (#18269478)
Not only, it seems like a completely speculative theory, unless I missed it there is no actual data in the article about an increase in media (games or other) consumption by the same group that is "working less".

And even if there is, it seems a lot like a chicken and egg problem, would young people consume more media because they cannot find a (as you note, "stable") work or are they refusing work because they are too busy consuming media (or have become addicted to it)?

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Re:Labor Supply and the Attention Tax by crdoconnor on Sunday October 21, 2018 @03:17PM (#18269623)
Not just a speculative theory - a speculative theory that subtly shifts the blame to the young long term unemployed for being unemployed.
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Re:Labor Supply and the Attention Tax by pnutjam on Sunday October 21, 2018 @08:24PM (#18271216)
I like how they pretend we tried higher wages.
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Re:Labor Supply and the Attention Tax by att-throw on Sunday October 21, 2018 @03:05PM (#18269552)
There were claims last year that "leisure demand" has increased: https://www.nber.org/papers/w23552 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/upshot/why-some-men-dont-... I can't speak to the study's method, though.
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