Why young people are earning less
- Written by Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
ShutterstockThat COVID is hurting young workers more than older ones is widely recognised.
What’s less well known is that even before COVID-19, in the decade leading up to it, incomes for young people (aged 15 to 34) were falling in real terms while incomes for others continued to climb.
A graph that was created by the Productivity Commission...