Long-Term Unemployment and Recessions
Description:
This report discusses the recession that began in the United States in December 2007 and officially ended in June 2009 and how this recession affected employment rates. This report analyzes the trend in long-term unemployment over the postwar period and offers explanations for its unusually high incidence during the most recent postwar recession. It compares the individual, job, and household characteristics of the long-term unemployed during the latest recession (2007-2009) with the long-term …
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Date:
November 22, 2010
Creator:
Mayer, Gerald & Levine, Linda
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department