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Why Do Blacks and Women Have High Unemployment Rates
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The authors analyzed differences in the duration, turnover, and distribution of unemployment by race, sex, age, and occupation, and found that high job turnover accounts for the relatively high unemployment rates observed among blacks in general, young people of both races, and individuals in unskilled occupations.Abstract:
This paper analyzes differences in the duration, turnover, and distribution of unemployment by race, sex, age, and occupation. Data are drawn primarily from the Work Experience Surveys conducted since 1964. We find that high job turnover accounts for the relatively high unemployment rates observed among blacks in general, young people of both races, and individuals in unskilled occupations. However, women, especially white women of childbearing age, experience higher unemployment rates because they are unemployed longer between jobs.read more
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Principles of Economics
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the general relations of demand, supply, and value in terms of land, labour, capital, and industrial organization, with an emphasis on the fertility of land.
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Why Is the Unemployment Rate So High at Full Employment
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Changing Labor Markets and Inflation
TL;DR: In this view of the inflationary process, the aggregate unemployment rate has served as a proxy for the tightness of labor markets, but significant changes have been taking place in the composition of the labor force, such as an increase in the proportion of teenagers and women and in the unemployment experience of different age-sex groups as discussed by the authors.
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The Retrospective Bias in Unemployment Reporting by Sex, Race and Age
TL;DR: The authors examined differences in reported unemployment between a survey taken the week following the individuals' labor force experience and one conducted a year later on a retrospective basis and found that the retrospective method appears to overstate unemployment relative to the current reporting.