| ▲ | gruez 2 hours ago | |
>The ungameable statistic is the native born labor force participation rate, which also ticked down: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01373413. It's pretty obvious the declining native born rate is just mirroring the overall decline in labor participation, probably from demographic changes. Old people retire and stop working, after all. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART If you look at prime age labor force participation rate, it tells a completely different story: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300060 It's ironic that you talk of "ungameable statistics", implying that others are misleading people with the statistics, when you're seemingly trying to do the same thing by selectively presenting that statistic to imply that immigrants are stealing native-born's jobs. | ||
| ▲ | rayiner an hour ago | parent [-] | |
Looking at native born employment doesn’t “imply” anything. It just excludes confounding factors that come into play when looking at trends because immigration changes the composition of the people you’re looking at over time. | ||