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One of the most worrisome signs in Friday’s jobs report was the 368,000-person drop in the labor force, which is defined as people who are working or looking for work. People can leave the labor force for lots of reasons — to go back to school, to raise children, or to retire, among others...
209,000: The number of teenagers who dropped out of the labor force in August.
But among people of prime working age — which the Labor Department defines as those between 25 and 54 years old — the labor force declined by a more modest 66,000.
The biggest workforce drops were among teenagers 16-19 years old (down 209,000) and 20-24 year-olds (down 218,000).
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012...week-young-people-lead-labor-force-drop-outs/