Why Are Women Leaving the Labor Force?

Maria Canon (), Helen Fessenden and Marianna Kudlyak

Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2015, issue Nov

Abstract: The female labor force participation (LFP) rate has dropped steadily since 2000, especially among single women. At the same time, the percentage of single women has grown as a share of the female population, a trend that has increased the impact of the single women's LFP rate on the aggregate women's LFP rate. An analysis of data from the Current Population Survey shows that a growing percentage of single women who are not in the labor force are going to school. Meanwhile, an increasing share of married women list retirement as the reason for no longer participating in the labor force.

Date: 2015
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