Sentences with phrase «about labor force participation»

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While it's too soon to know what economic effect the strike might have, significant participation could make an impact — after all, women make up nearly half of the U.S. labor force and influence about 73 % of all household spending.

According to the «Full Participation Report,» about 55 percent of women globally are part of the labor force, compared with 82 percent of men, and the gap between men and women has not changed significantly since 1995.

I would also argue that the labor force participation rate is not picking up data about the «gig economy» — Uber drivers, Airbnb renters, etc — which now make up a substantial number of people.

That's good news to economists, who want to see the labor force participation rate return to pre-recession levels of about 66 percent.

I spent the 1990s and the first half of the previous decade thinking way too much about cutting taxes and way too little about labor - force participation and family structure among America's low - skilled workforce.

He has also written about the effects of unemployment insurance on job search and labor force participation; the role of structural factors in impeding recovery from the Great Recession; and the incidence of the Earned Income Tax Credit.

With the labor force participation rate at an all - time high those in Washington should stop crowing about the unemployment rate.

Gary Burtless has written about the possible effects of increasing both the earliest eligibility age and the normal retirement age, stating that «most recent research suggests the effect of increasing the normal retirement age on labor force participation will probably be small.