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Not Looking for Work: Why Labor Force Participation Has Fallen During the Recession

The American economy is experiencing the slowest recovery in 70 years. In addition to persistently high unemployment, labor force participation has fallen sharply since the recession began in December 2007. Today, 5.7 million fewer Americans are working or looking for work. This drop accounts for virtually the entire reduction of the unemployment rate since 2009 those not looking for work do not count as unemployed. ....

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