Men are nearly twice as likely as women to be living with their parents, and a new study says it’s particularly harmful for noncollege-educated men, who are less likely to hold jobs compared to their college-educated counterparts.
As rents have surged across the country, more and more men are moving home, and once there, many stop working. In fact, one in six noncollege men (16%) now live with their parents, compared to 8% of college-educated men. A new working paper from Gabrielle Penrose, a graduate student fellow at the American Institute for Boys and Men, follows six decades of U.S. Census data and draws a direct line between rising housing costs and the decline of male labor force participation.
