Tag: labor force participation
Since 2006, perceptions of professionals steady, of support workers substantially improved. It is always difficult to know how to think about survey results regarding employer attitudes towards older workers. Employers may give socially acceptable responses to survey questions, but may behave quite differently. Interpreting results has gotten even harder, however, in the wake of…
This pattern differs sharply from past recessions. With unemployment soaring to levels not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s (see Figure 1), questions arise about how older workers are faring. Historically, the very young (ages 16-24) have seen the greatest increase in unemployment when the economy turns down, then prime-age workers (25-54), and…
