AdvertisementIt could be all about recessionsSince the 1950s, whenever the US economy fell into a recession, the rate of working men tended to suffer a lasting blow.
AdvertisementWhy have recessions appeared to have such a lasting impact on working men?
The strong recovery of men working after the pandemic recession could be due to the unique nature of this downturn — which tanked an otherwise healthy economy.
And of course, some lucky prime-age men aren't working because they've had a lot of financial success — and already retired.
Deciphering how much these explanations have fueled the decline of working men could be worthy of further explanation, the economists said.
Persons:
—, It's, Abigail Wozniak, Wozniak, David Autor, There's, Jason Furman, Barack Obama's, Elise Gould, Gould, aren't, we've, John M, Coglianese, they've
Organizations:
Service, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Washington Post, of Labor Statistics, San Francisco Fed, BLS, Economic, Economic Policy Institute, Federal Reserve