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Home > Education > Teacher Resources > DataPost > Microeconomics > Labor Force Participation Rates: Measuring workforce engagement

Labor Force Participation Rates: Measuring workforce engagement

Labor Force Participation Rates: Measuring workforce engagement
Updated May 24, 2012

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Who is active in the labor force? View this DataPost to see trends in the labor force participation rate since the postwar period, and visit our related content for in-depth discussions on the labor force participation rate.

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• "U.S. Labor Markets: Longer-term Perspective." FRBSF Video: Economics in Person (April 30, 2012).
• Daly, Mary C., Bart Hobijn and Joyce Kwok. "Labor Force Participation and the Future Path of Unemployment." FRBSF Economic Letter (September 13, 2010).
• Daly, Mary C. and Tali Regev. "Labor Force Participation and the Prospects for U.S. Growth." FRBSF Economic Letter (November 2, 2007).
• Zheng, Liu and Mark Spiegel. "Boomer Retirement: Headwinds for U.S. Equity Markets?" FRBSF Economic Letter (August 22, 2011).