Labor Supply Rebound from Pandemic

[Axtremus]

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/17/no-more-missing-worker-problem-say-white-house-economists

https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/04/17/the-labor-supply-rebound-from-the-pandemic/

Prime-age labor participation has surpassed pre-pandemic level. Overall participation back to trend -- not quite pre-pandemic level, but to the level forecasted factoring in Boomers' retirements.

[Jolly]

They ran out of money?

[Mik]

@Jolly said in Labor Supply Rebound from Pandemic:

They ran out of free money?

FIFY

[George K]

@Mik said in Labor Supply Rebound from Pandemic:

@Jolly said in Labor Supply Rebound from Pandemic:
They ran out of free TO THEM money?

FIFY

FIFY

[Mik]

Competitive, are we?

[taiwan_girl]

You guys are all correct. I thought that all those people in the US who stopped working - a lot of them would have to come back to work at some time.

[LuFins Dad]

I’m curious how much of that “rebound” is actually just finally getting the gig economy tax data.