The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population.

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a study this week showing the share of working-age (16 to 64), U.S.-born men not participating in the labor force has soared since the 1960s ...

When many people make choices like these, the unemployment rate decreases because fewer people are looking for work. That’s why economists also consider the labour force participation rate when they ...

Progress continues: from 2000 to 2014, the labor force participation rate of Peruvian women increased from 58 to 68 percent — a level higher than most Latin American countries.

November payrolls were slightly ahead of expectations, with a slight decline in the participation rate for over-65ers. But ...

Since the 1970s, working men, particularly those without college degrees, have experienced lower employment rates, increased social isolation and growing health risks. Today, we are starting to ...

In 2021, the figure was 70.5 per cent. This decline in the labour force participation rate is primarily because older people are making up a larger proportion of Singapore residents. The ...

Combining these men into one big cohort shows that just around 10 percent (649,000) of them report that they can’t find a job ...

The Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) Labour Force in Singapore Advance Release 2024 reported a continued decline in the country’s labour force participation rate, driven by an ageing population. While ...

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Union Labour Ministry data say that in 2021-2022, the female labour force participation rate in India was higher in rural areas than in urban areas. In rural areas, 36.6% of women aged 15 years ...

New Delhi: While India’s female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) has increased since 2017, and quite substantially in rural India, new research has confirmed some commonly accepted facts, such ...