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Re:A brief history of nobody wants to work anymore by bayareabadboy on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:18AM (#32161715)
For context:

https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-lab...

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Re:A brief history of nobody wants to work anymore by ButtSpark69 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:29AM (#32161799)
+more context: pretty much every groups gone down since 2002 except elder people (55+)

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/searchresults?st=Labor+Force+Par...

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Re:A brief history of nobody wants to work anymore by medvezhenok on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:53AM (#32161946)
Actually the 25-54 category has been ~flat since 1990.

The participation rate declining is primarily due to retirement.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/06/why-did-labor...

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