workforce participation
Working population rate
Workforce participation refers to the portion of a population that is either employed or actively seeking employment.
The term appears most often in economic discussions as the workforce participation rate—a percentage measuring how many working-age adults are in the labor market: Workforce participation among women has risen steadily since the 1970s.
The metric excludes retirees, students, and those who have stopped looking for work.
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- minimum wage lawsLegislated lowest permissible pay
- family structureHow a household is organized
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
labor market · job market · wages · automation · social security · artificial intelligence · tax incentives · labor rights · urbanization · anti-discrimination policies · generational shifts · education levels · skills gap · inflation · migration trends · cost of living · employment contracts · career development
workforce participationretirement
Leaving the workforce permanently
full retirement · early retirement · disability · long-term disability · idleness
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