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Opportunities and Challenges in the U.S. Labor Market: Video

July 17, 2014 Employment & Wages

On July 17th, the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a new report about the change in labor force participation and how it relates to the underlying demographic, structural and cyclical trends affecting the labor market. CEA Chairman Jason Furman joined The Hamilton Project to discuss the report and the implications these labor force changes have for outstanding challenges like lowering long-term unemployment, raising wages, and expanding the economy’s potential. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin opened the forum.