Econ Focus
Where Have All the Workers Gone?
Why are more people leaving the labor force, and what are they doing?
Related Links
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Van Zandweghe, Willem. “Interpreting the Recent Decline in Labor Force Participation.” Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Review, First Quarter 2012, vol. 97, no. 1, pp. 5-34.