Sentences with phrase «labor force numbers»

Importantly, we need to remember that when folks no longer receive unemployment benefits, they are no longer counted in the official labor force numbers.

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«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.

Were it to do so, it would signal that growing numbers of Americans seek a return to the labor force by declaring they have the confidence to find employment.

According to a survey by McKinsey, the total number of gig - workers in the U.S. is now 53 - 68 million, or 35 percent of the total civilian labor force and growing to 50 percent by 2020.

It's because an even larger number of people, 396,000, joined the labor force than found jobs.

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.

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

But as Neil Dutta, Chief Economist with Renaissance Macro Research points out, if you look at the actual flow data showing the number of people each month entering and exiting the labor force, the rate at which workers are entering the labor force is actually lower today than at any point over the last two years.

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

TrimTabs» view is that the economy needs to create a minimum of 150,000 jobs per month to absorb all the new people entering the labor force, so its June numbers suggest the U.S. is adding jobs at just half that rate.

The labor force participation rate (the number of people employed and unemployment as a percentage of the population) and the employment rate (the ratio of persons 15 and older working to the population 15 and older) are both below their 2001 and 2008 levels.

In 2024, the baby - boom cohort will be ages 60 to 78, and a large number will already have exited the labor force.

Depending on whom you ask, this number is either right around what is needed to keep up with the growth of the labor force or a touch above it.

The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force.

The labor force participation rate, the number of people working or actively looking for work, has fallen since the Great Recession and has stagnated near 63 percent for the last four years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statislabor force participation rate, the number of people working or actively looking for work, has fallen since the Great Recession and has stagnated near 63 percent for the last four years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisLabor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that, by 2022, the number of workers over 55 will grow to 25 % of the labor force, up from the 15 % it was in Labor Statistics forecasts that, by 2022, the number of workers over 55 will grow to 25 % of the labor force, up from the 15 % it was in labor force, up from the 15 % it was in 2006.

Data going back to 1994 show a steady uptrend in the percentage of young (16 to 24 - year - old) and prime - age (25 to 54) Americans not in the labor force, with parallel rises in the number not wanting to work.

Other limiting factors are low wage growth, high unemployment, the large numbers of workers who have dropped out of the labor force, declining home prices, higher tax payments and a flattening out of transfer payments.

While there was some improvement in December, the number of those not in the labor force is surprising, to put it mildly — up some 2.9 million in the past year and up 10.4 million, or 13 %, since July 2009, when the recovery officially began.

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.

The denominator is the number of people in the labor force (non-institutional civilians age 16 and over).

The numbers should continue to recover, but one doubts that the labor force participation numbers will return to what they were before the Great Recession.

This form of the family is decreasing in number primarily because more wives and mothers are joining the labor force.

The numbers for unemployment and labor force participation include noncitizen residents — and of the American citizens, many are foreign - born.

The economic downturn in recent years, which led to higher unemployment levels among fathers; the re-entry of mothers into the labor force; a growing number of parents working different schedules; and the escalating costs of child care are all cited as factors that have made fathers» increased child - rearing role more feasible and more necessary.

«Well the number one thing we could do at a federal level to lift labor force participation is to pass, at a federal level, paid leave.

The labor force and the number of people employed increased in those counties as well.

The county's labor force and the number of people working increased during that time.

In recent years the number of privately employed workers paying dues to labor organizations dropped to below 7 percent of the US work force.

Meanwhile, the number of life scientists unemployed, out of the labor force, or in part - time posts also grew.

These numbers include only those in the labor force, excluding those who are retired or not seeking work.

Although the term «concentration camps» is often used to describe all Nazi camps, there were actually a number of different kinds of camps, including transit camps, forced - labor camps, and death camps.

On work, Murray notes the great increase in the percentage of the population on disability payments, from under 1 to more than 5 percent of the labor force, and the growth in the number of prime - age males who are not in the labor force, contrasted with almost all in the labor force in 1960.

The collapse of the national economy, particularly the collapse of the youth labor market, forced a huge number of adolescents back to school.

There will be a growing substitution of technology for labor and thus a steep decline in the number of teachers (and union members) per student; a dispersion of the teaching labor force, which will no longer be so geographically concentrated in districts (because online teachers can be anywhere); and a proliferation of new online providers and choice options, attracting away students, money, and jobs.

Increasing the average number of years of schooling attained by the labor force boosts the economy only when increased levels of school attainment also boost cognitive skills.

The need for OST programs began to increase as an increasing number of women joined the labor force.

The second, a household survey of residents, measures labor force characteristics including the number of DC residents who are employed regardless of the jurisdiction in which their job is located.

Admittedly, however, the fall in number of unemployed was partially due to the labor force participation rate ticking lower from 65.2 % to 65.1 %.

Some were active members of the armed forces, having volunteered or been conscripted into service; others were interned in labor or refugee camps; more were forced to flee, taking shelter in neutral countries, hiding in mountainous or rural areas, or relocating to New York, as was the case with a number of European artists in exile.

Many unscrupulous employers in Texas look at delivery drivers as dispensable labor; this explains their high turnover rate, but also explains the increasing number unpaid wage lawsuits filed by frustrated workers who have been forced to take legal action — often through class actions.

Among Mr. Born's recent significant litigation matters are representation of various European entities in the Holocaust Assets and Forced Labor litigations, representation of a major US petroleum company in defending against efforts to enforce purported foreign judgments in the United States and testimony as an expert witness in a number of proceedings in Swedish, English, US, Japanese and other courts.

According to the labor force 2014 report by Ministry of Manpower, the number of unemployed residents from the 30 years and above is standing at 52,200.

Labor Participation Rate: The number of Americans in the labor force, plus those actively looking for work, has remained reasonably constant at 62Labor Participation Rate: The number of Americans in the labor force, plus those actively looking for work, has remained reasonably constant at 62labor force, plus those actively looking for work, has remained reasonably constant at 62.7 %.

In a world where a number of job applicants are looking to enter the labor force, you need a stellar resume to win the job interview.

As more parents enter the labor force, the number of young children in the care of early child care and education (ECE) centers has increased.

The number of tech talent workers in the labor force increased 27.0 percent during the past five years, adding more than one million jobs to the national economy, at more than three times the national average for all occupations.

The unemployment rate is proving stubbornly persistent and gains are often due to declines in the number of people participating in the labor force.

The unemployment rate was unchanged only because the labor force shrank faster than the number of employed persons.