There are 59.9% of Michiganders hard at work every day, while 40.1% don’t participate in the labor market, some of whom could be enticed to rejoin despite a possible recession in 2023. Iryna Lendel, senior director of regional economic and community development for W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, has looked into the causes and sectors of the population not participating in the workforce, which includes disabled people, university students and a growing segment of retiring Baby Boomers. "However, unfortunately, they are not the only segment that is growing," Lendel said. She said one of the growing areas of non-participation
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