Men earn £12,500 less in 20s than generation before, research shows

You are making many assumptions about OP's logic which is not clearly stated in any meaningful way in their comment.

What part do you not find clear? I think the point is well made, even if you disagree with the assumptions.

Besides, if you truly didn't understand the OP's logic, why are you so adamant in telling me his logic is wrong? That's like me saying I don't understand quantum mechanics, but I just know it's wrong. All this research done by Newton says so!

The only claim is: less time working means less time earning.

Given that incomes are stagnant, less time working does mean less time earning. There is no rise in incomes between the two cohorts. This is known and regularly reported.

This logic unnecessarily ignores the significant difference in expected earnings over the given period.

Fine. Explain it to me again: How are incomes rising and stagnant at the same time?

There are a lot of problems with the OP's assumptions, but this is not one of them. We already know that incomes are stagnant. There is increase in expected earnings! There mathematically cannot be.

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