nTIDE Sept 2020 Jobs Report: Unease rises as numbers fall for Americans with disabilities

(Kessler Foundation) 'The labor force participation rate is a bell-weather of the long-term employment prospects of people with disabilities,' cautioned UNH-IOS economist Andrew Houtenville, PhD. 'September's decline in this indicator suggests that people with disabilities are leaving the labor market--they are no longer on furlough or actively looking for work. As the pandemic continues and more workers are permanently let go, we are likely to see further declines in the labor force participation rate.'
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news