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Baby Boomers To Blame For Job Market Weakness: Study

Laura Rowley | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Video, Baby Boomers, Baby Boomer Demographic Trends, Retirement, Labor Force Participation, Job Market Weakness, Working-Longer, Labor-Force-Participation-Rate, Post-50s, Fifty News

Retiring baby boomers are the culprits behind a significant decline in the labor force participation rate (LFPR) in the U.S. over the last dozen years...

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Lila Shapiro

Youth Unemployment Crisis Has Longterm Implications For Teens, The Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Labor Market, Labor Force, Jobs Crisis, Third World America, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Youth Unemployment 2011, Jobs, Youth Unemployment Rate, Labor Force Participation Rate, Labor Force Participation, Youth Unemployment, Business News

As we look forward to this Friday's August unemployment snapshot from the Department of Labor, one part of the picture is already in focus: this was t...

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