Dr. Robert Kelly:

Enablers to increase the level of participation in the workforce are definitely a net positive for the economy. When we look at that cohort, though, I see this context slightly differently. These are people who are declaring they are available and want more hours, so they do not, necessarily, see a blockage to wanting more hours. Potentially, some of the points mentioned are playing out there, and I am not for a moment denying that. These are aggregate statistics. They do, however, suggest to me that there is a cohort of people who would be willing to work more hours if these were available.