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A '''NEET''' is someone who is '''N'''ot in '''E'''ducation, '''E'''mployment, or '''T'''raining. The acronym ''NEET'' originated in the United Kingdom in 1999 (as a more 'politically correct' term, to replace the previous designation of 'status zero') and has spread to other countries since then, including the United States, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. | A '''NEET''' is someone who is '''N'''ot in '''E'''ducation, '''E'''mployment, or '''T'''raining. The acronym ''NEET'' originated in the United Kingdom in 1999 (as a more 'politically correct' term, to replace the previous designation of 'status zero') and has spread to other countries since then, including the United States, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. | ||
In the USA, labor force nonparticipation among men has ''increased'' 15% since 1950.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300001</ref> While labor force participation among women has increased 15% since 1950.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300002</ref> | In the USA, labor force nonparticipation among men has ''increased'' 15% since 1950.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300001</ref> While labor force participation among women has increased 15% since 1950.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300002</ref> Only 16% of dads are stay-at-home. And only 5% of that 15% choose to be so. This suggests the decline in labor force participation is not due to any real sharing of child labor, and is mostly due to men working less as female hypergamy raises men's working standards too high as more women enter the workplace. | ||
==Age Classification== | ==Age Classification== | ||