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It also points out that more teens are in school during the summer. I certainly was, and that was many years ago.

Also, I can't resist griping about this:

> The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent in May, the lowest in 16 years, ...

The article later discloses that the labor force participation rate is now about 63%. And it hasn't recovered at all since 2008. It's just plateaued.

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Here's an online tool to explore the labor force participation rate over the past several decades: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000

Since 1970, the rate has varied between 60% and 67%. It peaked at around 67% in 1998 and is currently around 63%.

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It hovered around 60% until 1970, and then increased, hitting about 67% in 2000. I'm guessing that reflected increasing paid employment of women, at least in part. Since 2000, it's dropped, plateauing at around 66% until 2008, and then plateauing at around 63% since 2012.

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