At both the beginning and the end of life, people today spend far more years outside the workforce than previous generations did – first because education lasts longer, and later because life expectancy has risen. Over the course of a lifetime, a 20-year-old university student today will average roughly 20 hours of work per week. A peer born in 1930 worked more than 40.
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