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The workforce grew, look at the link and table 5. Basically woman and minorities joined the workforce. Worker to population ratio went up and the total number o
by joshe 8y ago
The workforce grew, look at the link and table 5. Basically woman and minorities joined the workforce. Worker to population ratio went up and the total number of workers went up faster than the growth in population.
- AlexTWithBeard 8y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong, but I'd say pretty much all the minorities have always been a part of the workforce.
- FiveSquared 8y agoJim Crow laws, blackballing, and redlining. You ant allowed to work in certain jobs, if you speak out (see Kapernick), no job for you! And you can’t even live within reasonable distance of work!
- joshe 8y agoWomen were most of the increase, but minorities increased their participation too. You can see the tail end (looks like they didn't survey it until 1980) of it here: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2002/05/art2full.pdf https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2002/05/art2full.pdf Table 4, look at Black participation rates from 1990 to 2015. For intuition think of extended families living together, being incarcerated, and being the last hired and the first fired (so out of work longer).
- AlexTWithBeard 8y agoThank you. Exactly the answer I was looking for!