Why do new hires enter the Wyoming labor market?
New hires can be young people starting their first jobs or homemakers who need an outside job to boost family incomes. From the article by Sharon Ehli, “Some of those who entered the labor market were . . . older men and women who had retired or been laid off, and students. Some people start working to . . . supplement retirement savings, or [save] for a future event such as college. Federal welfare system changes have increased the number of entrants coming into the labor market as welfare recipients are being pushed off rolls and into work.”(3) What are some of the new hires demographics? Table 3 shows demographic variables for new hires such as their average age, as well as gender and origin of Social Security Number (SSN)(4). New hires with out-of-state SSNs and Wyoming drivers licenses have an average age of 31.8. The average age of Wyoming SSNs with Wyoming drivers licenses is 25.7. Analysis of this average shows that the age of out-of-state new hires exceeds the majority of Wyom
