Small gains in the education of teachers relative to other workers may not be evidence of declining quality, however; additional years of schooling may be more valuable for teachers because, as highly skilled workers, they face higher opportunity costs of
staying out of the labor force.
Not exact matches
The
labor force participation rate has fallen due to cyclical factors such as workers temporarily dropping
out of the workforce because
of discouragement over job prospects, but also due to structural
forces such as the Baby Boomers reaching retirement age and younger workers
staying in school longer.
Meanwhile, the overall share
out of the
labor force because they're discouraged, have family responsibilities, transportation problems, illness, or a disability has
stayed flat at around 1 % since the BLS started asking this question in the current form in 1994, they add.
They know that, while there are no sure things, someone with a four - year college degree is much more likely to be in the
labor force, be employed, get married,
stay married, and keep their kids
out of trouble.