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November 2007, Vol. 130, No. 11
Labor force projections to 2016: more workers in their golden years
Mitra Toossi
Economist, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: toossi.mitra@bls.gov
As the U.S. population ages, the labor force will grow more slowly during the next decade; the older labor force is projected to grow more than 5 times faster than the overall labor force, which will become ever more racially and ethnically diverse.
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