Figure 2

Overall Labor Force Participation Rate: Actual and Projected From Pre Great Recession within cohort trends

Actual 2007 BLS projection EPI Missing Workers
Jan-2006 0.661 0.66236 0.662056
Feb-2006 0.661 0.662251 0.662047
Mar-2006 0.662 0.662097 0.661959
Apr-2006 0.661 0.662039 0.661995
May-2006 0.661 0.661924 0.661966
Jun-2006 0.662 0.661794 0.66189
Jul-2006 0.661 0.661806 0.661891
Aug-2006 0.662 0.661733 0.661893
Sep-2006 0.661 0.661621 0.661856
Oct-2006 0.662 0.661506 0.661821
Nov-2006 0.663 0.661495 0.661894
Dec-2006 0.664 0.661433 0.661885
Jan-2007 0.664 0.661239 0.661798
Feb-2007 0.663 0.661114 0.661807
Mar-2007 0.662 0.660969 0.661768
Apr-2007 0.659 0.660885 0.661757
May-2007 0.66 0.660761 0.661676
Jun-2007 0.66 0.660728 0.661655
Jul-2007 0.66 0.660781 0.661772
Aug-2007 0.658 0.660725 0.661793
Sep-2007 0.66 0.660648 0.661793
Oct-2007 0.658 0.660484 0.66172
Nov-2007 0.66 0.660374 0.661673
Dec-2007 0.66 0.660149 0.661553
Jan-2008 0.662 0.65923 0.660717
Feb-2008 0.66 0.659008 0.660615
Mar-2008 0.661 0.658866 0.660573
Apr-2008 0.659 0.65875 0.66052
May-2008 0.661 0.658659 0.660512
Jun-2008 0.661 0.658649 0.660526
Jul-2008 0.661 0.658615 0.660566
Aug-2008 0.661 0.658458 0.660513
Sep-2008 0.66 0.658322 0.660461
Oct-2008 0.66 0.658129 0.66037
Nov-2008 0.659 0.65805 0.660378
Dec-2008 0.658 0.657971 0.660346
Jan-2009 0.657 0.657254 0.659716
Feb-2009 0.658 0.657241 0.659806
Mar-2009 0.656 0.657104 0.659749
Apr-2009 0.657 0.656971 0.659714
May-2009 0.657 0.656851 0.659688
Jun-2009 0.657 0.656712 0.659632
Jul-2009 0.655 0.656776 0.659793
Aug-2009 0.654 0.656658 0.659744
Sep-2009 0.651 0.656604 0.659767
Oct-2009 0.65 0.656453 0.659729
Nov-2009 0.65 0.656318 0.659664
Dec-2009 0.646 0.656297 0.659698
Jan-2010 0.648 0.655845 0.65934
Feb-2010 0.649 0.655758 0.659329
Mar-2010 0.649 0.655721 0.659325
Apr-2010 0.652 0.655524 0.659237
May-2010 0.649 0.655551 0.659359
Jun-2010 0.646 0.655483 0.659372
Jul-2010 0.646 0.655528 0.659526
Aug-2010 0.647 0.655365 0.659458
Sep-2010 0.646 0.6553 0.65948
Oct-2010 0.644 0.655234 0.659529
Nov-2010 0.646 0.655111 0.659519
Dec-2010 0.643 0.655045 0.65954
Jan-2011 0.642 0.653711 0.658304
Feb-2011 0.642 0.653678 0.658328
Mar-2011 0.642 0.653625 0.658328
Apr-2011 0.642 0.653674 0.658434
May-2011 0.641 0.653732 0.658601
Jun-2011 0.64 0.653594 0.658559
Jul-2011 0.64 0.653557 0.658624
Aug-2011 0.641 0.653253 0.658427
Sep-2011 0.642 0.652986 0.658243
Oct-2011 0.641 0.652783 0.65816
Nov-2011 0.641 0.65251 0.65797
Dec-2011 0.64 0.652285 0.657807
Jan-2012 0.637 0.650031 0.655453
Feb-2012 0.638 0.649843 0.655319
Mar-2012 0.638 0.64964 0.655212
Apr-2012 0.637 0.649583 0.655254
May-2012 0.638 0.649326 0.655147
Jun-2012 0.638 0.64912 0.655032
Jul-2012 0.637 0.648842 0.654855
Aug-2012 0.635 0.648395 0.654504
Sep-2012 0.636 0.648087 0.654302
Oct-2012 0.637 0.647887 0.654208
Nov-2012 0.636 0.647655 0.654058
Dec-2012 0.637 0.647458 0.653943
Jan-2013 0.637 0.647541 0.65413
Feb-2013 0.635 0.647384 0.65407
Mar-2013 0.633 0.647152 0.653947
Apr-2013 0.634 0.647018 0.653963
May-2013 0.634 0.646843 0.653857
Jun-2013 0.634 0.646619 0.653762
Jul-2013 0.633 0.646295 0.653576
Aug-2013 0.632 0.646144 0.65348
Sep-2013 0.632 0.645994 0.653441
Oct-2013 0.628 0.645682 0.653246
Nov-2013 0.63 0.645587 0.653241
Dec-2013 0.628 0.645255 0.652999
Jan-2014 0.63 0.645151 0.652984
Feb-2014 0.63 0.644902 0.652848
Mar-2014 0.632 0.644582 0.652642
Apr-2014 0.628 0.644466 0.652661
May-2014 0.628 0.64423 0.65256
Jun-2014 0.628 0.644145 0.652524
Jul-2014 0.629 0.644005 0.652477
Aug-2014 0.629 0.643849 0.652409
Sep-2014 0.627 0.643667 0.652288
Oct-2014 0.628 0.643428 0.652157
Nov-2014 0.629 0.64321 0.652054
Dec-2014 0.627 0.642981 0.651911
Jan-2015 0.629 0.643019 0.652037
Feb-2015 0.628 0.642747 0.651889
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