From the Jericho Sell-out today : But all is now good? Are we back to where we were when things were booming? Not by a long shot. Our economy has massively changed since then, and that includes who works and what type of work is done. Over the past decade, the growth in employment among prime-aged workers has been very much women-based, and very much in part-time work: Consider that in August 2008, 88.4% of prime-aged men were employed – now it is just 86.7%; whereas back then 72.4% of women aged 25-54 were working, now it is 74.2%. […]
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