Sentences with phrase «in the labor force»

A large portion of the improvement can be attributed to a decline in the labor force participation rate, which is at close to a 40 - year low.

He argues that this is borne out by other data, like the number of people not in the labor force, but who want a job.

Economic growth can be boiled down to two factors: growth in working - age population and growth in labor force productivity.

The presence of women in the labor force will also allow more of them to enter homeownership.

But working moms aren't just those who participate in the labor force.

Another way to think of it is this: 3.7 million teachers represents nearly 2.8 % of the civilian labor force and 8 % of all college graduates in the labor force in 2010.

The percentage of workers in the labor force remains at lows not seen for a quarter - century.

A quarter - century ago, there were 56 teenagers in the labor force for every «limited service» restaurant — that is, the kind where you order at the counter.

Early retirement poses a particular threat for women who often have had both lower earnings and fewer years in the labor force than men and consequently receive lower income during their retirement years.

Around the world, governments are emphasizing women's participation in the labor force as a solution for economic growth, gender equality, and poverty reduction.

The number was somewhat of a surprise to market participants, given the strong results seen in the labor force over the past couple of days.

In our labor force analytics, we observe both series.

It appears that people are just staying in the labor force longer than usual, perhaps older folks who may have retired under other circumstances.

Perhaps the recent gain in labor force participation has reduced the pressure to raise compensation a bit as hiring became somewhat easier.

That growth rate has been gradually slowing in recent decades, and there are strong reasons beyond inflation — rooted in labor force growth and real productivity growth — to be more conservative.

Simply put, raising the achievement of today's students has no immediate impact on a state's economy, because these students are not yet in the labor force.

If less people are actually in the labor force it is a moot point.

It also explains why there are more individuals over the age of 65 still in the labor force rather than enjoying their golden years.

Find connections between the reason for your absence in the labor force and your current target job.

Likewise, interventions during adolescence may reap benefits in labor force participation only in young adulthood.

Lower unemployment rate driven by massive increases in percent of population not in the labor force.

In 2010, 54 percent of women 16 years and older participated in the labor force, with 71 percent of those women raising children, the study said.

It might even bear some relationship to the human capital investments made in past periods - when the current range of workers in the labor force was attending schools and investing in skills.

Potential economic growth is going to slow dramatically over the coming years because of slowing growth in the labor force, due to growing demographic trends, and continued poor productivity performance.

As a woman in the labor force, you've probably dedicated your working life to creating a future that isn't fraught with monetary insecurity.

The unemployment rate dipped a tenth to 4.7 %, despite a similar - sized increase in the labor force participation rate, which moved up to 63.0 %.

«The unexpectedly swift decline in the unemployment rate in recent years has in large part been attributed to a drop in the labor force participation rate.

That jobless rate drop will reflect more of a pickup in employment than further declines in the labor force participation rate.

The outcomes include both school - based achievements, such as students» course - taking and their level of educational attainment, and students» later experiences in the labor force.

Monroe County had more than 13,000 fewer people in the labor force in November 2017 than January 2011, for example.

In a new Education Next article «A Bad Bargain: How teacher collective bargaining affects students» employment and earnings later in life,» Michael Lovenheim and Alexander Willén of Cornell University present the first evidence that students» exposure to a duty - to - bargain law while in elementary and secondary school lowers future earnings and leads to fewer hours worked, reductions in employment, and decreases in labor force participation.

Tectonic social changes — including demographic shifts that have placed most women with school - age children in the labor force, research breakthroughs in the learning sciences and in socio - emotional and brain development, and daunting national achievement worries — have all converged to place a major new emphasis on the quality of a child's learning experiences throughout the typical school day, after school, weekends, and across the year, including summers.

Instrumental in reorganizing work load, resulting in reduction in labor force by 20 %.

JD mothers who remained in the labor force were more likely to switch careers while MBA moms were twice as likely to merely quit.

The number of Americans not in the labor force surged to a record 94.7 million, an increase of 664,000.

In the old days, Bette Davis would have had a breakdown without an apology, dumped the dopey, abusive husband with the children, and become the editor of a progressive magazine for women in the labor force who aim to improve the world and still have enough time left over to shop for lingerie.

The participation of women in the labor force grew rapidly during the 20th century, from less than 20 percent of women in 1890 to well over 50 percent today.

Yet the percentage of working - aged folks in the labor force at 62.6 % represents the lowest employment rate since the late 1970s.

«Girls with more schooling participate in greater numbers in the labor force when they grow up, and they are able to earn more for their families and society,» the Center for Global Development reports.

But by the present era, Not in the Labor Force expanded by 37.5 % while population grew by only 14.2 %.

This chart shows the difference between the two eras: those Not in the Labor Force soared by an unprecedented 26 million people - a staggering 15.6 % of the nation's work force of 166 million.

There is reliability in labor force data series.

That's one of many findings from Bentley University's PreparedU Project, launched to examine and discuss issues facing millennials in the labor force.

For 1994 through 1996, for example, the average annual company birthrate for top - ranking Colorado was 5.5 new companies for every thousand people in the labor force while lowest - ranking Pennsylvania had 2.91.

Though an admirer of U.S. technology, he deplores the new permissiveness, the weakening of family ties, and the lax discipline in the labor force.

«It doesn't really appear that [the rise in the labor force participation rate] is due to workers on the sidelines coming back,» Dutta says.

Experts say Gen Y may be the most complex generation in the labor force, but a new survey reveals they have pretty clear expectations.