JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
Browsing Library by Subject "labor force participation"
Now showing items 1-12 of 12
-
50 Years Later: Women, Work & the Work Ahead (Infographic)
(2013-01-01)How have things changed for women in the labor force over the last 50 years? -
A Guide to Hiring Women with Disabilities
(2015-07-01)[Excerpt] Census Bureau data from 2013 show that 12.6 percent of the U.S. population has some form of disability, although estimates of the proportion of the population living with a disability may vary depending on the ... -
An Overview of the Employment-Population Ratio
(2015-05-27)[Excerpt] This report provides an overview of the employment-population ratio. It opens with a discussion of its value as a labor market indicator, noting its key features and limitations. This is followed by an examination ... -
BLS Spotlight on Statistics: Women at Work
(2017-03-01)[Excerpt] At the start of the 20th century, only a handful of career opportunities were available to women, including domestic service, teaching, and some factory work. Since the 1970s, women’s labor force participation ... -
Female Labor Force Participation in Asia: Indonesia Country Study
(2016-02-01)This paper uses over 20 years of data from Indonesia’s labor force survey to study trends in female labor force participation (FLFP). We find that younger women in urban areas have increased their labor force participation ... -
How Has Labor Force Participation Among Young Moms and Dads Changed? A Comparison of Two Cohorts
(2014-09-01)[Excerpt] This Beyond the Numbers article examines work patterns in the lives of young adults in the year after they have their first child. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth of 1997 and 1979 (NLSY97 ... -
<i>American Women</i>: Looking Back, Moving Ahead - The 50th Anniversary of The President’s Commission on the Status of Women Report
(2015-03-01)[Excerpt] Eleanor Roosevelt, Chair of President Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women, hosted the third meeting of the Commission at her home in Hyde Park just five months before she died. She expressed confidence ... -
Key Characteristics of Working Women with Disabilities
(2015-07-01)In 2014, working-age (16-64 years old) women with disabilities made up 1.5 percent of the workforce even though they were nearly 4 percent of the U.S. working-age population. These women represent a critical source of ... -
Older Workers: Phased Retirement Programs, Although Uncommon, Provide Flexibility for Workers and Employers
(2017-06-01)[Excerpt] As the large baby boomer generation retires, the workforce will lose much of their knowledge and experience. Encouraging phased retirement, in which older workers reduce their work hours with their current employer ... -
Policy, Education and Social Change: Fifty Years of Progress
(2014-01-01)Fifty years ago, President Kennedy created the President’s Commission on the Status of Women (“Commission”) to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the status of women in America and produce recommendations for advancing ... -
Women and Work: 50 Years of Change since the <i>American Women</i> Report
(2014-01-01)[Excerpt] When the President’s Commission on the Status of Women published its report American Women in 1963, there was much to be celebrated with regards to women’s status in the United States. Women were living longer ... -
Women, Jobs and Opportunity in the 21st Century
(2014-01-01)[Excerpt] Over the 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty, women have made unprecedented strides in education to the point where they now outnumber men at every level of the higher education ...
