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376 “All the (Unemployed) Young Dudes”

The Fifth Column

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Is Your Workforce Participation Profile Different From Your Native-Born Friend?

No matter what ethnicity you are or what part of the world you come from, your workforce participation level rate and work rate is going to be higher than your native-born counterpart. It's especially striking for people who have limited education for guys who have less than a high school degree. If you're a foreign-born guy who's married and has no high school degree, your workforce Participation profile is essentially indistinguishable from a college-educated native-born guy. That's crazy. Well, it may be crazy, but it's true.

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