It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. I'm Bridget Bergen, filling in for Brian today. The path into adulthood for America's young adults seem to be diverging by gender.

Recent data shows that more women ages 25 to 34 have entered the workforce in recent years than ever.

Meanwhile, the share of young men in the labor market hasn't grown in a decade.

Without jobs, young men are more likely than women

to move back in with their parents. And without a clear path into adulthood, many report

feeling isolated and aimless. Joining us now to discuss what's going on with young adult men

is Rachel Wolfe, economics reporter for the Wall Street Journal. She wrote about this trend in a piece titled,

America's Young Men are Falling Even Further Behind.

Rachel, welcome back to WNYC.

Thanks so much for having me.

And listeners, if you're a young man who has had a hard time navigating adulthood,

we'd love to hear from you. Have you

tried going to college or tried a new career or had an opportunity derailed? How has the

pandemic affected you? Or anything else you want to share if this sounds familiar to you? The number is

212-433 W-N-Y-C. That's 212-433-9692. You can also text that number. And parents of young

adults, if you have a child who's having a hard time getting started in adulthood, maybe dropped out

of college or moved back home, we also want to hear your stories. Again, the number 212-433 W-N-YC. That's 212-433-9-6-9-2.

And Rachel, you write, presented with a more equal playing field, young women are seizing the

opportunities in front of them while young men are floundering.

What have we seen in terms of labor force participation among young adults over the past decade?

It's an interesting story. What we're seeing is that women's labor force participation has really

shot up in recent years in particular.

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