Does anyone have other info on this other than speculation,
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I suspect it will take a few months to get some data beyond speculation..
http://blog.heritage.org/2014/01/06/examining-north-carolinas-falling-unemployment-rate/
Actually, that report helped a lot, the only thing it is missing is an explanation as to why the labor participation suddenly started dropping at the very beginning of 2013. I do wonder what could it to happen at that date.