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OK, makes sense.

Using your preferred metric, we have about the same LFPR we had in 1980. It has gradually varied since then between about 81% and 85%.

> The shape is the same, with a peak at ~1999.

The trend is up since 2015, apart from the Covid dip.

Automation and AI have not had a dramatic effect yet on LFPR. Maybe there's a tipping point to come.



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