Demographics Help Explain the Fall in the Labor Force Participation Rate

Maria A. Arias and Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria

The Regional Economist, 2016, issue October

Abstract: Some believe the decline is due to discouraged workers' dropping out of the labor force. A review of national and District statistics, however, suggests that demographic changes?such as aging workers and adults spending more years in college?can explain this trend.

Date: 2016
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