The other side? Part time jobs are soaring (about +1 million in last year) while full-time jobs are tanking (about -1 million in private sector). So, perhaps women are going back to workforce because... they need the family money...
Labor market dynamics are always shifting. Ebbs and flows like any other statistical measure. Specific to your private sector job growth comment - or lack thereof - that particular trend is not discussed enough. Not good. DOGE efforts to reallocate unproductive workers and capital away from government and into private sector could help here.
The other side? Part time jobs are soaring (about +1 million in last year) while full-time jobs are tanking (about -1 million in private sector). So, perhaps women are going back to workforce because... they need the family money...
Labor market dynamics are always shifting. Ebbs and flows like any other statistical measure. Specific to your private sector job growth comment - or lack thereof - that particular trend is not discussed enough. Not good. DOGE efforts to reallocate unproductive workers and capital away from government and into private sector could help here.