Of the three major age groups, youth (aged 15-24), experienced the largest fall in labour force participation and … the equations estimated for the 15-24 age group, the cyclical variable accounts for about one half of the decline in the …

Labour force participation rates vary greatly by age, with persons 55 and over having much lower participation rates …-participation rate 65 and over age group. The movement of the baby boom generation into the 65 and over group in coming years will ….5 points. Of course, greater than expected trend increases in labour force participation rates by older age groups could offset …

as a cyclical response to weak employment opportunities in Canada. The authors find composition changes in the age … factors affecting labour force participation of the major age-sex groups, the authors forecast a rise in the aggregate … authors expect increases in labour force participation for all age-sex groups in Canada. Between 1998 and 2006, the …

generosity; an age or life-cycle effect; and a cohort-specific effect which shows the differences between cohorts for a given age … cohort effect so that the age profile and its slope can trace both the rise and the flattening of the participation rate by … age. They point out that over time participation behaviour of women 25-64 is converging toward that of men, namely, high …