pinqy
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More elderly are working now as you show[/quote] but retirees are such a large part of the population, that it pushes the rate down. More teenagers and young people are in school.True, but in the past, Senior Citizens and kids in school worked. Why aren't they now?
right, but it shakes of differently once you combine them all.If you look at the chart, the labor participation rate for the elderly has increased while the labor participation rate for kids and younger adults have decreased: