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Watch now! Lives, livelihoods and lifestyles: The impact of the covid crisis across generations, with @jreynoldsMP @JenniferTHF
@gustafmaja & David Willetts events.resolutionfoundation.org/lives-liveliho…

@jreynoldsMP @JenniferTHF @gustafmaja Kicking off her presentation on the impact of the covid crisis across generations, @gustafmaja notes that rising mortality has overwhelmingly fallen on older generations.

@jreynoldsMP @JenniferTHF @gustafmaja Looking at the effect of the crisis on mental health problems, we see more of a U-shaped pattern with young adults and young pensioners most affected. This likely reflects concerns about health, and the wider economic and social effects of the crisis.

@jreynoldsMP @JenniferTHF @gustafmaja This U-shaped crisis is also reflected in the economic effect of the covid crisis. Over half of workers in their 20s and early 60s have stopped working since the crisis began - though many have since resumed working.

@jreynoldsMP @JenniferTHF @gustafmaja Why have young workers been so badly affected by the covid jobs crisis? Because over recent decades, they have been increasingly likely to work in the low-paying hospitality, retail and leisure sectors - the very parts of the economy that have been hardest hit in recent months.

@jreynoldsMP @JenniferTHF @gustafmaja The backdrop to the current covid jobs crisis is a decade of weak pay growth, with those who entered the labour market during the last crisis (and who are now in their 30s) experiencing the weakest pay growth of all.

@jreynoldsMP @JenniferTHF @gustafmaja A warning in the event of more local lockdowns. An increasing proportion of young families are living in over-crowded accommodation. This reflects the long-term fall in home ownership among young people, and the growth of high-cost, low-space private rented accommodation.

@jreynoldsMP @JenniferTHF @gustafmaja This overcrowding also shows up in access to desk space. Over one in three workers under the age of 40 does not have enough deskspace for everyone in their home - which can make home-working, and home-schooling, a nightmare.