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LFPR is up for people under 50. The drop in overall LFPR can be almost entirely attributed to the drop in immigration during the pandemic.


>overall LFPR can be almost entirely attributed to the drop in immigration during the pandemic.

I just heard a report this morning that there was a very real labor participation rate drop among women, particularly with working mothers. How does your immigration hypothesis align with that? Is it that child care work is primarily driven by immigrant workers? Or is it that other groups more than make up for that in the general statistic?


Probably the latter. The LFPR for <25 saw a significant bump.




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