LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR ECONOMICS
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ISBN: 9781260004724
Author: BORJAS
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Explain the basic patterns of unemployment in the US since 1960.

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The pattern of unemployment since 1960s:

The unemployment rate was 4.8% in the 1960s, which increase to 6.2% in the 1970s and 7.3% in the 1980s. There was a decrease in the unemployment rate in the 1990s to 4%.

Due to the recession in 2008, the unemployment rate increases from 4.6% in 2007 to 9.6% in 2010. Unemployment among the less educated is higher; it was 14.9% for college failure and 4.7% for college graduates.

Unemployment was higher among younger workers, which is 27% for teenagers and only 7% for age group 45 years to 65 years.

Unemployment rates are higher among blacks, which is 14.8%. Unemployment rates are higher among women, which is 15.3% for women and only 9.8 % for men. The unemployment rate has been around 4.6%.

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