What's behind the 'shortage' of #workers in many countries?
A decline in workers under 35, due to falling birth rates in the last 20+ years, stalling a decades long growth in the labour force.
The resistance to hiring older workers, driven partly by (outdated?) ageist attitudes among employers about when a worker might be worn out, plus a suspicion their skills & technical knowledge is out of date.
This suggests #lifelonglearning is a key element to the solution.
@ChrisMayLA6 Perhaps a lot more Covid deaths than are being officially reported, plus long-Covid cases.
@shuttersparks
In the short-term that may be an issue, the article however is looking at much longer-term trends, so while it might add to the overall situation, the analysis summarised in the post, suggests this was already happening pre-Covid
@ChrisMayLA6 Yes, shrinking birth rates are certainly happening. I was just adding an additional factor. Remove a couple 3 million from the workforce and it will make a dent.
