labor force

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Between 2021 and 2025, their share of the labor force rose to 10% from 8%, an increase of 4.2 million workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The ECB calculates that while workers aged 65 years and above account for just 3% of the eurozone’s labor force, the equivalent rates in the U.S. and Japan are 7% and 14% respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Economic growth would slow as inflation rose due to a softening labor force, upward pressures on wage growth, and tariffs.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Many experts are also pointing to childcare access and telework options as important factors for women’s labor force participation.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

They slipped in and out of the box of peeling gray, making no stir in the neighborhood, no sound in the labor force, and no wave in the mayor’s office.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison