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Banter #264: Harry Holzer and Brent Orrell on getting men back to work.

Since 1967, the labor force participation rate has decreased from 96 percent to 88 percent. As a result, seven million working-age men are out of the labor force. AEI’s Robert Doar partnered with Georgetown University’s Harry Holzer and ICF’s Brent Orrell to explore these issues in a new paper…

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Nine Facts About American Families and Work.

This report explains the following nine important facts about American families and work which together illustrate the changes that are needed to ensure long-term economic growth, maintain economic competitiveness, improve the well-being of Americans, and make full use of all of America's talents: mothers are increasingly the household breadwinners; fathers are increasingly family caregivers; women make up nearly half of the labor force; women are increasingly among the most skilled workers, attaining the majority of college degrees, and deepening their work experiences; most children live in…

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Mothers and Fathers Exiting the Workforce in 2008.

In 2008, both mothers and fathers exited the workforce for various reasons, including caring for a minor child. Estimates from Current Population Survey (CPS) data spanning 1968-2009 indicate the percentage of homes with a stay-at-home father in which the wife earned 100% of the income increased from 1.2% to 3.4% (the percentage of homes with a stay-at-home mother decreased from 47.7% to 25.7%) (Kramer and McColloch, 2010). The increased trend of fathers leaving the workforce to take care of a child is associated with financial reasons (Doucet, 2004), parenting values, career advancement of…

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