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Why is the employment-to-population ratio still low despite the very low unemployment rate in the U.S.?

My answer on Quora: This is one of the biggest labor market questions and challenges in the U.S. economy. The straight answer is that the labor force participation rate sharply declined for years after the 2008 financial crisis before finally stabilizing in 2016. The real question is why fewer people are participating in the labor force. An […]