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The share of U.S.-born working age men sitting out of the labor force has nearly doubled since 1960, a new study shows. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images) ...

Much of the drop in May labor force participation was driven by workers age 24 or younger. Economist Preston Mui at Employ America said that’s troubling, but not panic-inducing.

The labor force participation rate — how much of the working age population has a job or is looking for one — held at 62.7% percent last month, according to the latest jobs report released Friday.

"You would take, let's say for example, the seven million prime-age men who have dropped out of the labor force…You absolutely could re-engage folks into the American labor market," Vance said ...

“The share of working-age (16 to 64) U.S.-born men not in the labor force increased from 11 percent in April 1960 to 17 percent in April 2000, and to 22 percent in April 2024,” the analysis found.