Recent U.S. Labor Force Dynamics : Reversible or not? /

The U.S. labor force participation rate (LFPR) fell dramatically following the Great Recession and has yet to start recovering. A key question is how much of the post-2007 decline is reversible, something which is central to the policy debate. The key finding of this paper is that while around u-? o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balakrishnan, Ravi
Other Authors: Dao, Mai, Sole, Juan, Zook, Jeremy
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/076
Online Access:Full text available on IMF