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Title: One Size Does Not Fit All: A New Look at the Labor Force Participation of People With Disabilities
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2015
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Abstract: The U.S. labor force participation rate1 has shrunk rapidly and persistently over the past few decades. 1 The labor force participation rate is the number of people who are either employed or actively looking for work as a share of the population that could be working, excluding those in the armed forces, prison inmates, and residents of nursing homes. 2 Based on authors calculation using Current Population Survey ( In the past dozen years, the labor force participation rate for adults of working age (2165) fell by 3.3%, to 75%2 meaning that fewer adults are working or actively looking for jobs. http://www.census.gov/cps/) from years 2001 2013. Nearly one third of those who havent sought work or who stopped trying to find it are people with disabilities. And although overall U.S. unemployment rates are nearly back to normal after the Great Recession that began in 2007, millions of working-age adults with disabilities are willing to work but do not have jobs and do not count as unemployed. This situation leaves the United States with an even smaller pool of workers to support the recovering economy.
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Authors: Yin, Michelle; Shaewitz, Dahlia
Periodical (Full): American Institute for Research
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Health, Housing and Segregation
Countries: United States