Recent data, including the June jobs report, suggest acceleration in the pace of job growth. However, many economists and policymakers believe that more can be done to address the challenges of the U.S. labor market.
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.
Following his featured remarks, Furman was joined by Robert E. Rubin, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, and Alan Blinder, Professor of Economics & Public Affairs at Princeton University and a former Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair, for a roundtable discussion.
Agenda
11:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Robert E. Rubin
Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
11:10 a.m. Featured Remarks
Jason Furman
Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
The White House
11:40 a.m. Roundtable Discussion
Jason Furman
Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
The White House
Alan Blinder
Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics & Public Affairs
Princeton University
Moderator: Robert E. Rubin
Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
12:20 p.m. Audience Q&A
12:30 p.m. Forum Adjourns
