(Bloomberg Business) — The growth of the part-time workforce has been a persistent trend in the labor market. Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research says part of the increase might be down to the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's set-piece health-care legislation.
While much of the focus has been aimed squarely at the millions of Americans forced into part-time work simply because they can't find full-time employment, Baker argues that Obamacare has spurred a jump in voluntary part-time jobs, and that that's really good news.
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