Tag: employment-to-population ratio
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The answer still appears to be “no.” My colleague Anqi Chen and I have argued that older workers – both those ages 55-64 and 65+ – were not hurt disproportionately by the COVID recession. This conclusion was based on some very early data from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS). The survey’s rotating interview pattern…