Both these age groups have lower levels of labor force participation than the general population.
Both these age groups have a lower rate of labor force participation that the general population".
Few American women can afford to drop out of labor force and rely strictly on their husbands.
And the decline of labor force participation – the technical term for the share of adults working or searching – is primarily the result of a bad economy.
Going Volcker in 1973 would not have worked, except with intolerable rates of unemployment and undesirable discouragement of labor force entry.
From food preparation to cleaning to childcare, domestic work is rarely counted as part of labor force participation – and this disproportionately disadvantages women.
Charles McMillion, the president and chief economist of MBG Information Services in Washington, is an expert on employment and has been looking closely for years at the issue of labor force participation.
Here is a chart of labor force participation for workers 25 to 54, but showing men only: Where are all these men going, and how are they supporting themselves, if they're not in the work force?
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".
The show of labor force, at least in part, has been a result of the weakness of the political opposition, which has been divided and lackluster since its defeat in last year's elections.
Thomas J. Nardone, who supervises the survey of households as chief of the bureau's division of labor force statistics, said Professor Mitchell's approach was basically correct for short periods.
