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Why young people are earning less

  • Written by Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
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That 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...

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