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Duration of unemployment in States, 2007-09.

The article presents results on the statistics for the duration of unemployment in every state in the U.S. from 2007 to 2009 published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It says that economic cycles affect the duration of employment. It mentions that percentage distribution was used to measure...

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Publicado en:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 133; no. 12; pp. 36 - 40
Autor principal: Anderson, Sally L.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: US Department of Labor Dec2010
Materias:
United States
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Unemployment
Business cycles
Population
Employment statistics
U.S. states
Distribution (Probability theory)
Median (Mathematics)
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Sumario:The article presents results on the statistics for the duration of unemployment in every state in the U.S. from 2007 to 2009 published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It says that economic cycles affect the duration of employment. It mentions that percentage distribution was used to measure the duration of unemployment because of the difference the population of each state. It also presents the median measurement for the duration of unemployment in each state. It mentions the states with the highest share of unemployment duration including Wyoming in 2007 and 2008 and North Dakota in 2009.