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Study Connects “Idle” Rates to Video Games

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Demography Unplugged
Apr 21, 2017
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Recent research connects rising “idle” rates among young adults (neither working nor in school) to more time spent playing video games. The authors acknowledge that the direction of causation is unclear: While the allure of video games could be keeping some Millennials out of work, many young job-seekers undoubtedly use video games to occupy their unwan…

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