The participation rate and unemployment rate are both used to gauge the health of the job market but in completely different ways.

A substantial and unexpected rise in women’s labor force participation rates over the past few years has been a key factor spurring rapid labor force growth. In particular, Hispanic women have made a ...

The participation rate in an annuity refers to the percentage of the index’s return an insurance company credits to the annuity. If we consider the participation rate to be 80% and the index increases ...