Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2014, Wednesday

Wall Street Journal  

February 5, 2014, Wednesday

Wall Street Journal (full article)


Plateau of Percentage of Women in Workforce Baffles Economists

The latest Labor Department snapshot found 69.3% of women ages 25 to 54 were working and 30.7% weren't. The majority of those without jobs said they weren't looking for work.

Francine Blau, a Cornell University economist who has been studying the phenomenon, called it "a long-term plateauing." She said available data suggests it cuts across all demographic groups.