labor pool

California’s relatively high and rising unemployment rate also may reflect the surge in immigration that has added to the labor pool.

That is partly because growth has been driven by improving economic supply: Employers have been hiring as the labor pool grows, for instance, in part because immigration has been rapid.

Ukraine’s labor pool is already vastly diminished by women fleeing war and men joining the army.

Ukraine’s labor pool is already vastly diminished by the exodus of women fleeing war and the mobilization of men.

Last November the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association begged Congress to enlarge legal immigration to expand their accessible labor pool.