Decline in Labor-Force Participation Not Due to Disability Programs
August 25, 2017
August 25, 2017
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities issued the following news release:
Labor-force participation -- the share of adults 16 and older who are working or looking for work -- peaked at just over 67 percent in 1996-2000 and has fallen since then. Some analysts observe that the number of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries grew steeply after 2000, and assume the two trends are related. But evidence for that connection is weak. Here� . . .
Labor-force participation -- the share of adults 16 and older who are working or looking for work -- peaked at just over 67 percent in 1996-2000 and has fallen since then. Some analysts observe that the number of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries grew steeply after 2000, and assume the two trends are related. But evidence for that connection is weak. Here� . . .