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Word: easterlin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...want out of life and from a job." Between 1947 and 1969, professional job openings for men increased 4% every year. From 1970 on, the annual rate slowed to .3%. The job situation, according to most estimates, is not likely to improve, either now or later. Concludes Demographer Richard Easterlin, an economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania: "These graduates will have a relatively slow movement up the job ladder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Head High, Chin Up, Eyes Clear | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

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