The Changing Faces of America's Workers

Alison Shelton, AARP Public Policy Institute

AARP Public Policy Institute

Published April 27, 2015

The composition of the total labor force has changed. Older workers—workers ages 50 and older—are playing a much larger role. Higher labor force participation rates among women of all ages, and the growing role of minorities in the labor force, have also changed the face of America’s labor force over the past several decades.

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