Monday, May 7, 2012

Are Hispanics causing a decline in the labor participation rate?

If the same percentage of adults were in the workforce today as when Barack Obama took office, the unemployment rate would be 11.1%. If the percentage was where it was when George W. Bush took office, the unemployment rate would be 13.1%. Over the last decade we have seen a major increase in the size of the Latino population. Could an increasing Hispanic population cause the white and black unemployed to drop out of the labor force?
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  1. AnonymousMay 11, 2012 at 1:08 AM

    lower wages and reduced/impaired/destroyed social networks are causing that decline. Hispanics(foreigners period) are causing the above.

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