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Charles Atkins:We have a double problem. Not only has our productivity growth declined, but the number of workers that we have in the economy is slowing, because our labor force participation rate is declining. And our view is that those problems are somewhat linked. We have a double problem...
The United States’ (US) labor force participation rate is down sharply since pre-COVID-19, with 3.4 million fewer workers in July 2022 than in February 2020, and 10 million current job openings.1 In what has been termed the “Great Attrition,” employees are quitting...
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analysis, suggested that imports from China could explain for a 25 percent decline in employment in the US manufacturing sector. Additionally, the article pointed out that import competition also led to a series of phenomena, including a decrease in per capita wages and labor participation rates, ...
Friday's data showed the labor force participation rate fell to 62.5% in May from 62.7% in April, reversing this year's progress and driven by fewer workers in the 20-24 age range. But participation by the prime-age population, defined as those aged between 25 and 54, rose to ...
Labor-Force Participation Rates and the Informational Value of Unemployment Rates in US: Evidence from Regional Data 作者: Liu De-Chih出版社: Springer Publishing Company ISSN: 0303-8300 来源: Social Indicators Research, 卷116, 期2, 2014-04, 页码 : 447-455 ...
The labor force participation rate, which is an estimation of the active workforce and people looking for work, has remained unchanged at 62.5% for three straight months. That’s largely due to demographic changes and aging Baby Boomers. Since hitting a high of 67.3% in early 2000, it fell...
Bill Adams, chief economist for Comerica Bank, said better labor force participation was one of the main reasons why the overall unemployment rate ticked higher in April to 3.9%. “The employment-population ratio for workers ages 25-54 was near the highest since 2022 and for workers 16-24 ...
Labor force participation rates:While prime working-age women have experienced record-high employment in recent months, other measures of labor force participation continue to remain below pre-pandemic levels. The overall labor force participation rate dipped in May to 62.5% from 62.7%, reversing prog...