As an update to yesterday’s post about the possible contribution of demographic effects on the recent decline in the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate (see chart above), here are excerpts from two ...

The labor force participation rate (LFPR) is a critical indicator for gauging both the health of our economy and the overall well-being of our society and families. This index tracks the proportion of ...

In this post, I decompose the recent decline in LFPR into changes in the composition of the population and in workers' willingness to supply labor. I find that the reduction in the foreign-born ...

In Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama touted the many ways that the economy has improved over the past year: lower unemployment, stronger economic growth, and lower gas ...

As happens with most monthly employment reports, there’s lots of discussion and media coverage of the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR), which is displayed graphically in the top chart above back ...

This means that three out of four Indian women are neither working nor seeking paid work, putting India among the bottom 10 countries in the world in terms of women’s workforce participation. (The ...

Today’s guest columnist is Don Erwin. In Alabama, we love winning the economic development megaprojects: Mercedes, Airbus, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda-Toyota. The list is long, and each has brought ...