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For decades, one of the most reliable trends in the American economy has been the growing number of women working.<\/p>\n

But lately, government data shows women\u2019s participation in the labor force has been falling.<\/p>\n

What’s behind this trend – and what does it tell us about the state of the US economy?<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Linah Mohammad and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Hannah Gluvna and Robert Rodriguez.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was edited by Sarah Handel and Tinbete Ermyas. Our director is Alejandra Marquez Janse.<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show\u2019s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.<\/p>\n

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For decades, one of the most reliable trends in the American economy has been the growing number of women working.<\/p>\n

But lately, government data shows women\u2019s participation in the labor force has been falling.<\/p>\n

What’s behind this trend – and what does it tell us about the state of the US economy?<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Linah Mohammad and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Hannah Gluvna and Robert Rodriguez.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was edited by Sarah Handel and Tinbete Ermyas. Our director is Alejandra Marquez Janse.<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show\u2019s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consider-this-from-npr"],"yoast_head":"\nData shows women are leaving the workforce. 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