Does anyone know what portion of the current generation of fathers and fathers-in-law who support their children in full-time learning started their own working lives without any post-yeshiva full-time learning? I have a feeling that the prosperity of the American economy from 1945 through 2008 is part of what made the current phenomenon of the full-time learner-head-of-family-with-parental-support possible. I would be curious to see whether it is sustained over the next 25 years.
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