Video games contributing to decline in work hours among younger men: Study

By Sean Higgins

Published July 3, 2017 7:50pm ET

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Video games contributing to decline in work hours among younger men: Study — Report finds that increases in the amount of time spent on video games by younger men correlate strongly with a decline in hours that they are working. (iStock) | kirill4mula

Is staging a heist in “Grand Theft Auto V” more interesting to men in their 20s than working an actual job? Are more playing “Call of Duty” than trying to find their actual calling? That’s the argument made by a new report from the nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research.

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