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		claudiulodro on Jan 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor f... I'm pretty sure self-employed people count towards those numbers, unless they're making hobby-level income. What's your theory, though? I don't follow what exactly you're getting at? Which gender is supposedly better at those endeavors? Are there a ton of men trying to be successful online entrepreneurs and not making any money so they don't get counted in the workforce stats?

nightski on Jan 10, 2020 [–]

No I'm just saying that the traditional methods of using employment statistics may be based on outdated assumptions.

They specifically say "payroll positions" in the article so that would leave me to believe it does not include self employed individuals.

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