In the 1990s, she said, American women led the world in their labor participation rate.

她说，在20世纪90年代，美国女性的劳动市场参与率位居世界前列。

The unemployment rate fell to 4.8 percent. Despite millions of job openings, the labor participation rate barely budged.

失业率下降到了4.8%。尽管有数百万个岗位空缺，劳动参与却并没有明显变化。

Goldin noted that women in Canada, France and Japan currently have a higher labor participation rate than those in the U.S.

戈尔丁指出，目前加拿大、法国和日本的女性劳动市场参与率高于美国。