Why haven't workers returned to the labor force after COVID-19?

Louise Sheiner of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy interviews Lea Rendell of the University of Maryland, one of the coauthors of a new BPEA study that asks “Where are the missing workers?” Explanations they discuss include fear of COVID-19 and shifting work-life balance preferences.

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