Ah, thank you. Found some useful links here: https://www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#discouraged
Seems like this measure of discouraged workers is down over the past 10 years: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS15026645
Seems like this measure of discouraged workers is down over the past 10 years: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS15026645
Here’s a chart: https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-lab...
I think this metric, like unemployment, is obviously nuanced and also could be showing an aging demographic and other such subtleties.