Labor Force Participation

  • Why Do Migrants Still Struggle to Integrate into Europe’s Workforce?

    Why Do Migrants Still Struggle to Integrate into Europe’s Workforce?

    In 2015, a record 1.3 million people sought asylum in European Union (EU) states — the largest annual flow into the continent in 30 years. Although the number of persons annually seeking refuge in Europe has fallen since 2015, the EU now faces a significant public policy challenge: the integration…

  • China’s Official Unemployment Rate: An Unusual Outlier or a Lie?

    China’s Official Unemployment Rate: An Unusual Outlier or a Lie?

    As a result of mismeasurement, the official unemployment rate series for China is implausible and is an outlier in the distribution of unemployment rates across countries ranked by their stages of development.