Sentences with phrase «higher labor force participation»

And while refugees ultimately — after a period of six to ten years — have higher labor force participation and employment rates, and have similar welfare participation rates, relative to U.S. - born residents, they often enter the U.S. with low human capital and language skills and have initially poor labor market outcomes and high rates of welfare usage.

And the Council of Economic Advisers announced that policies such as work flexibility «lead to higher labor force participation, greater labor productivity and work engagement, and better allocation of talent across the economy.»

Not exact matches

Job growth continues to produce high numbers and the labor force participation rate has improved as jobs are more plentiful.

FYI, the steady unemployment rate was not a function of either higher labor participation (steady at 62.7 percent) or a big gain to the Labor Force (up labor participation (steady at 62.7 percent) or a big gain to the Labor Force (up Labor Force (up 64K).

Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor fLabor Force Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor fForce Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor fLabor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor fForce Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor flabor forceforce.

The labor force participation rate has moved higher by two - tenths in recent months to 62.9 % and has yet to move above 63.0 % since March 2014.

But as Bernanke noted: «Despite this improvement, the job market remains weak overall: The unemployment rate is still well above its longer - run normal level, rates of long - term unemployment are historically high, and the labor force participation rate has continued to move down.

There are those who look at the high unemployment rates and low labor force participation of low - skill American workers and current residents and see a labor shortage.

Our lowest skill workers already have a relatively low labor force participation rate and high unemployment even six years into the economic recovery.

Flake argues that America needs more low - skill workers — even though America's low - skill workforce has the country's highest unemployment rate and by far the lowest labor - force participation rate.

Low - skill workers are experiencing stagnant wages, family instability, high unemployment, and low labor force participation even as the economy has been growing for six years.

Exclusive measure of Saratoga County's economic health reveals region's highest median household income and labor force participation; 2 in 3...

The borough also as has its highest ever labor force participation rate at 619,400 during that same month.

The most prominent is a brilliant analysis by Betsey Stevenson that examines the impact of Title IX on girls» participation in high school sports, finding a significant increase in college going and labor force participation.

Not only can the provision of high - quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) facilitate women's participation in the labor force, it can also have a positive effect on their children's educational performance.

These indicators are grouped into the following seven categories: student enrollment and demographics; dropout rate and high school completion; student attendance, suspensions and expulsions; elementary and middle school student achievement; high school performance; youth labor force participation; and youth civic engagement.

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

In 2016, 77.9 % of children in our state had all available parents in the workforce.1 Unfortunately, having high labor - force participation doesn't always translate into family economic stability.

The unemployment rate increase 0.1 percent while the labor force participation rate jumped 0.2 tenths higher.