Where Have All the Workers Gone? An Inquiry into the Decline of the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate.

ABSTRACT: The U.S. labor force participation rate has declined since 2007, primarily because of population aging and ongoing trends that preceded the Great Recession. The labor force participation rate has evolved differently, and for different reasons, across demographic groups. A rise in school enrollment has largely offset declining labor force participation for young workers since the 1990s. Labor force participation has been declining for prime age men for decades, and about half of prime age men who are not in the labor force may have a serious health condition that is a barrier to working. Nearly half of prime age men who are not in the labor force take pain medication on any given day; and in nearly two-thirds of these cases, they take prescription pain medication. Labor force participation

SUBMITTER: Krueger AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6364990 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature