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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Published in:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 133; no. 12; pp. 36 - 40
Main Author: Anderson, Sally L.
Format: Article
Published: US Department of Labor Dec2010
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        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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          Business cycles
          Population
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          Administration of General Economic Programs
          Employment statistics
          U.S. states
          Distribution (Probability theory)
          Median (Mathematics)
      ab: 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.
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