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May 2011

A behavioral model for projecting the labor force participation rate

Mitra Toossi

Various factors, including economic cycles, wages, school enrollment, and marital status, affect the participation of different groups of workers in the labor force; a behavioral model that accounts for these variables yields results similar to those obtained from the current BLS model used to project the labor force participation rate.

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