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February 1981

Have employment patterns in recessions changed?

Norman Bowers

A survey of postwar recessions shows that the increasing proportion of service sector jobs has moderated overall employment declines; women in nontraditional jobs, blacks, and youths bear a disproportionate share of job losses.

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