It really is different for young people: it's harder to climb the jobs ladder
- Written by Catherine de Fontenay, Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
ShutterstockOur memories of the job market prior to COVID have become rosier: the last decade was a period of fairly low unemployment, even if wage growth was less than stellar.
But that perspective may not be shared by people under 35. For that age group, the past decade has been a period of intense competition for jobs, even before COVID, which...
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