Employers less interested in low-skilled male workers

By Joseph Lawler

Published June 20, 2016 6:33pm ET

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Employers less interested in low-skilled male workers — To lift workforce participation for men, the economic advisers recommend a list of Obama economic proposals, such as boosting demand through public infrastructure spending, raising the minimum wage and boosting collective bargaining. (iStock Photo) | KatarzynaBialasiewicz

The percentage of men in the labor force has fallen faster and further in the U.S. in recent decades than in almost any rich country, a trend White House economists have termed “troubling” and pinned on a lack of employer interest in low-skilled work.

The share of men between the ages of 25 and 54 in the job market has been falling for more than six decades, a phenomenon spotlighted in a 48-page paper released by President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers Monday.

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