To be counted as marginally attached to the labour force, individuals must show some degree of labour force attachment by looking and being available for work.
Experts are quoted about its severe long-term consequences: lower skills, reduced labor force attachment, and rising inequality.
I have a great concern for the unemployed, both for their own sake but also because the loss of skills and the loss of labor force attachment is bad for our whole economy".
A significant share of this increase can be accounted for by the growing work force attachment of women.
Firstly, we estimate factors that influence women's employment status in order to investigate how family patronage affects women's labor force attachment.
However, it seems natural to think that the degree of labor force attachment can be transmitted from grandmothers to mothers (Farré and Vella, 2013).
The smaller gaps for women than men are consistent with the theories that predict a weak effect on those with weak labor force attachment.
Here, we explore whether older people who report having experienced CSA have weaker labour force attachment and lower incomes compared to other people.
I also found, however, that the effects of benefit extensions on unemployment transitions and duration for eligible individuals arise primarily through extended labor force attachment rather than reduced job finding.
Although it is ambiguous whether the loss of training opportunities matters more to blacks than to whites, women's weaker labor force attachment implies less incentive for firms to invest in human capital for them.
Economic theories predict that the negative effect of a recession at entry to the labor market on subsequent wages is more persistent for demographic groups who have strong labor force attachment and are less likely to be dismissed.
