Mystery solved, it's early retirement for college males

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Mystery solved, it's early retirement for college males

Greg — 1/13/2004 4:55:48 PM (archived)

I come to the conclusion that early retirement is a major contributor to the recent fall in the LFPR. Men who are well-educated are leaving the work force at a younger age than they used to.

and Bush breaks another record

Despite the mild job growth since August, total employment fell last year by 331,000 on top of a 1.5 million drop in 2002. The last time employment, as measured by the survey of 400,000 establishments, declined for two consecutive years was in 1944 and 1945 as war production wound down...

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employment and the labor force - Greg - 1/11/2004 4:43:51 AM
- Some more fun with statistics, or: where did those lost jobs all go? - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 12:06:13 AM
  - job creation has been slower than in almost any previous recovery, and wage growth has slowed to a crawl - Greg - 1/13/2004 5:00:17 PM
    - Did you even read my post? - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 9:26:20 PM
      - that always happens - Greg - 1/14/2004 11:33:23 AM
      - To reiterate: since January of 2001, America has created almost 690,000 jobs. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 9:39:50 PM
        
        so what? - Greg - 1/15/2004 9:53:29 AM
        
        re: so what? - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 7:49:48 AM
        
        so we're back to those pesky references - Greg - 1/16/2004 11:56:47 AM
        
        Don't know why I'm bothering, but... - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 4:58:12 PM
        
        Ah, the quiet sound of chirping crickets... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 3:28:47 AM
        
        I see no references, just a petition from a partisan special interest group. (n/t) - Greg - 1/20/2004 3:44:23 AM
        
        "Economists? I see no economists. Does anyone else see economists?" LOL!! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 4:38:20 AM
        
        Did you read your own post? - Greg - 1/20/2004 8:16:44 AM
        
        re: Did you read your own post? - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 11:37:36 PM
        
        reasoning from observation? - Greg - 1/21/2004 8:30:24 AM
        
        re: "Reasoning from observation? Is there such a thing?" 'Nuff said. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2004 8:50:43 PM
        
        P.S. I agree with Greg that this growth rate sucks. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 9:45:33 PM
  - I wonder how many illeagal immigrent jobs are being counted as well. - Scott Evil - 1/13/2004 3:44:43 PM
    - P.S. with a population of nearly 300,000,000 you mean that fully 1/2 of all americans don't work? - Scott Evil - 1/13/2004 3:46:46 PM
      - That's about right - Larry J - 1/13/2004 9:36:30 PM
        
        Lazy old people and women need to get back to work - Scott Evil - 1/20/2004 6:34:59 PM
- Thats because many are now self-employed. - Scott Evil - 1/12/2004 6:01:46 PM
- Unfortunately, you seem to be correct. The employment rate (% of persons employed) has gone DOWN. This is very bad news. I don't see any recovery of jobs coming in the next few years. - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 6:18:37 AM
  - they are also pointing out something else - Greg - 1/11/2004 7:19:34 AM
    - re: maybe they are starting their own businesses - Success_Machine - 1/11/2004 3:05:23 PM
      - re: Another possible explanation - Success_Machine - 1/11/2004 3:15:48 PM
        
        Juggling figures - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2004 8:39:03 PM
        
        To me, what matters is the percentage of adults between 18 and say 65 or 70 who are working. I am sure that the rate has gone down in the past decade. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 11:13:59 PM
        
        Mystery solved, it's early retirement for college males - Greg - 1/13/2004 4:55:48 PM
        
        my guess is cellge males are trying to wait out the recession on credit instead of taking a low paying job. (n/t) - Greg - 1/11/2004 4:54:16 PM

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