In the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, 61% of women are active in the Labour force.

在经合组织(一个多数为富国的俱乐部)成员国中，61%的妇女是活跃劳动力。

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The ranks of the unemployed are often replenished by those moving from outside the labour force—that is, from not looking for work at all—into active jobseeking.

就业市场外部的人员常常挤入失业大军的队伍。 也就是说，那些找不到工作的人也活跃在就业市场中。

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This happens when there are relatively few children (because of the fall in fertility), relatively few older people (because of higher mortality previously), and lots of economically active adults, including, often, many women, who enter the labour force in large numbers for the first time.

ECONOMIST: Demography

The ranks of the unemployed are often replenished by those moving from outside the labour force that is, from not looking for work at all into active jobseeking.

ECONOMIST: An intractable problem is getting worse