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Iowa’s labor force participation rate held steady at 67% in March as 1,700 Iowans entered the labor force. The state’s ...
What is driving the long-term increase in prime-age men’s labor force nonparticipation? Comparing the experiences of four generations of prime-age men shows ...
Arkansas' unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in the month of March, the Arkansas Department of Commerce said in a release.This ...
According to the department, Idaho's unemployment rate decreased by 0.1% to 3.7%. The labor force participation rate—people over 16 looking for work or employed—fell 0.1% to 63.8% for February.
Iowa’s overall unemployment and labor force participation rates remained steady in February despite anxiety over the potential effects of federal government spending cuts and impacts from ...
For the year, the Household Survey is still higher, but that is due only to the data anomaly in January. Read more here.
The labour force participation rate or LFPR, a key labour-market metric, also shows a rising trend in the “usual status” for ages 15 years and above -- from 23.2% (2017-18) to 41.7% (2023-24 ...
"At current pace, it will take a staggering 115 years to close the gap in labor force participation between ... gap in primary education completion rates has narrowed to 3 percentage points ...
"Family caretaking can also contribute to the gender pay gap by lowering female labor force participation rates and occupational choices," the report says. And although the increased availability ...