Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce
George Mihalcea
It’s a stark number: 212,000. That’s how many women ages 20 and over have left the workforce since January, according to the most recent jobs numbers released Aug. 1 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (By contrast, 44,000 men have entered the workforce since January.) The numbers show a reversal of recent trends that saw more women, especially women with children, finding and keeping full-time jobs. Data show that between January and June, labor force participation rate of women ages 25 to 44
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