The American labor force is becoming less American.
Newly-released data from the Center for Immigration Studies is sounding the alarm on the declining US labor force, by showing fewer native-born Americans are joining the workforce — with men representing the largest decline seen in decades.
“The share of working-age (16 to 64) U.S.-born men not in the labor force increased from 11 percent in April 1960 to 17 percent in April 2000, and to 22 percent in April 2024,” the analysis found.
“Among ‘prime-age’ U.S.-born men (25 to 54), the group most likely to work, the share not in the labor force was 4 percent in April 1960, 9 percent in 2000 and 12 percent in 2024.”
The study concluded 43 million men and women — born in the US and aged 16 to 64 — were not working as of last April, which is 8.5 million more than in 2000.
And those numbers didn’t include “the 9.7 million immigrants not in the labor force” or “5.8 million unemployed immigrants and U.S.-born.”
The pool of untapped labor in the US is massive, “challenging the argument that a shortage of workers necessitates reliance on illegal immigration,” the study noted. --->READ MORE HERE
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New study sounds the alarm on declining workforce participation among native-born Americans, especially men
Native-born American men have been fleeing the workforce in droves in a decades-long trend that coincides with a rise in immigration, according to a new analysis sounding the alarm on the issue.
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a study this week showing the share of working-age (16 to 64), U.S.-born men not participating in the labor force has soared since the 1960s, going from 11.3% neither working nor looking for work in April 1960 to 22.1% as of April of this year.
Native-born American men have been fleeing the workforce in droves in a decades-long trend that coincides with a rise in immigration, according to a new analysis sounding the alarm on the issue.
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a study this week showing the share of working-age (16 to 64), U.S.-born men not participating in the labor force has soared since the 1960s, going from 11.3% neither working nor looking for work in April 1960 to 22.1% as of April of this year.
"This is relevant to the immigration debate because one of the arguments for allowing in so many legal immigrants, or even tolerating illegal immigration, is that there are not enough workers," CIS said in a blog post detailing its findings. "But this ignores the enormous increase in the number of working-age people not in the labor force.
"Further, being out of the labor force is associated with profound social problems such as crime, overdose deaths, and welfare dependency," the authors wrote. "Policy-makers should consider encouraging work among the millions on the economic sidelines rather than ignoring the problem by bringing in ever more immigrants."
The report said the total number of U.S.-born men and women of working age who are not in the labor force was 43 million as of April 2024, which is an increase of 8.5 million since 2000. --->READ MORE HERE
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