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  "title": "The Recent Decline in United Kingdom Labor Force Participation: Causes and Potential Remedies",
  "publication": "Selected Issues Papers, July 13, 2023",
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  "summary": "This paper studies the puzzling decline in labor force participation observed in the UK following the pandemic. Retirement and long-term sickness appear to be the main drivers, with chronic illness remaining a lingering distinctive factor vis-a-vis peer countries.",
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      "heading": "Summary and principal findings",
      "content": "- The paper studies the puzzling decline in labor force participation observed in the UK following the pandemic.\n- Retirement and long-term sickness appear to be the main drivers of the decline.\n- Chronic illness remains a lingering distinctive factor vis-a-vis peer countries.\n- The government has recently adopted a battery of measures to increase labor force participation, but additional actions are warranted."
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      "heading": "Drivers of the decline",
      "content": "- Retirement:\n  - Identified as one of the main drivers of lower labor force participation after the pandemic.\n- Long-term sickness:\n  - Identified as one of the main drivers.\n  - Chronic illness is highlighted as a distinctive factor relative to peer countries."
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      "heading": "Policy recommendations and potential remedies",
      "content": "- Improve health outcomes to reduce inactivity linked to long-term sickness and chronic illness.\n- Increase participation of the long-term sick and the disabled.\n- Keep older workers in the labor force (address retirement-related exits).\n- Increase female labor force participation.\n- Improve the skills and productivity of both domestic and foreign workers who join the workforce."
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