U.S. Labor Force: Where Have All the Workers Gone?

From iMFdirect - The IMF Blog Thu Aug 7 2014, 15:20:39

By Ravi Balakrishnan (Version in Español) It's not supposed to be this way. As the U.S. economy recovers, hirings increase and people are encouraged to look for jobs again. Instead, the ratio of the adult population with jobs, or looking for one--what's called the labor force participation rate--has been falling, standing at 62.9 percent in [...]

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