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Economics

Had Labor Participation Held Constant, Unemployment Would Be 11.1 Percent

Discouraged workers skew the numbers

Reason Staff | 4.8.2013 11:48 AM

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If the labor participation rate had remained where it was in 2008, points out Investors Business Daily, unemployment would have recently risen to 11.1 percent.

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