Labor Force Participation

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Labor Force Participation

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Employment Status of the Noninstitutional, Civilian Population, Selected Years, 1950–2004

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings (January 2005), Tables A1 amd I5. Also see .

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Table 3.1

Trends in Labor Force Participation Rates, 1950–2004

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings (January 2005): Historical A tables. Also see,

Figure 3.1

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A Corner Solution and Nonparticipation in the Labor Force

Figure 3.2

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The Effect on Participation of a Change in the Wage Rate

Figure 3.3

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The Effect on Participation of an Increase in Nonlabor Income

Figure 3.4

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Age/Participation Profile for Men, 1950 and 2004

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings (January 2005): Table A–3, also see, http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsatabs.htm; and Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics, 1997.

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The Effect of Social Security on Labor Force Participation

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Age/Participation Profiles for Women, 1940, 1960, and 2004

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings (January 2005): Table A–3; also see < http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsatabs.htm>; Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 1997; and Department of Commerce, Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970, Part 1 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1975): 132.

Figure 3.7

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Trends in Female Participation in Four Countries, 1960–2003

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Productivity and Technology, http://www.bls.gov/fls, Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, Ten Countries, 1959–2003, Table 4.

Figure 3.8

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The Benefit Schedule of the Earned Income Tax Credit in 2003

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Labor Force Participation: EITC v. TANF

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The Discouraged Worker Effect

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Age/Participation Profiles by Sex and Marital Status, 2003

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, unpublished data and January 2004 Employment and Earnings Table 3,

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Age/Participation Profiles by Sex and Race, 2003

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, unpublished data and January 2004 Employment and Earnings Table 3,

Figure 3.12b

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