You said...
“About 1 in 4 Adults aged 25-54 are not working”
Thanks. I always wondered the breakdown of that 90 some million not working. Even in an economy such as this, it seemed a little high.
Still, not a good stat for sure
It might seem intuitive that the participation rate for the older workers would have declined the fastest. But exactly the opposite has been the case.
http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/charts/employment/LFPR-Growth-since-2000-older-cohorts.gif
The net change for the labor force participation rate ** growth ** has been that workers aged 55 to 74 since 2000 has gone up... while younger adults growth rate has gone down.
