{"id":6159,"date":"2022-02-07T12:43:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T18:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2022-02-07T12:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T18:43:18","slug":"where-have-all-the-workers-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2022\/02\/07\/where-have-all-the-workers-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Have All The Workers Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S News and World Report looks at the labor shortage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/markets\/now-we-know-what-happened-to-those-workers-who-dropped-out-during-the-pandemic\/ar-AATzpxr?ocid=msedgdhp&amp;pc=U531\">Now We Know What Happened To Those Workers Who Dropped Out During The Pandemic<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">Now, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlouisfed.org\/publications\/regional-economist\/2022\/feb\/why-workers-staying-out-us-labor-force?utm_source=Federal+Reserve+Bank+of+St.+Louis+Publications&amp;utm_campaign=28a5e88956-REUpdate&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c572dedae2-28a5e88956-64044172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new research paper<\/a>\u00a0from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has answers to the question of what happened to all those workers who disappeared from the workforce. Turns out the two main factors were accelerated retirements and, yes, staying home to care for someone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTo conclude, our analysis of the out-of-labor force activities in the (government data) reveals that shifts toward retirement and home care\/family care have driven the shortfall in labor force participation,\u201d says the paper, titled, \u201cWhy Are Workers Staying Out of the U.S. Labor Force?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clipartion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/question-mark-clip-art-free-clipart-images1-639x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Question Mark Clip Art Free Clipart Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(free graphic via clipart.com)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S News and World Report looks at the labor shortage in Now We Know What Happened To Those Workers Who Dropped Out During The Pandemic&#8230; Now, a\u00a0new research paper\u00a0from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has answers to the question of what happened to all those workers who disappeared from the workforce. Turns out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-news"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6160,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions\/6160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}