labor force

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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

The working-age population is barely growing due to an aging labor force and strict immigration controls.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

It was no better than being condemned to the garment-center labor force.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers