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September 1983

Layoffs and permanent job losses:workers’ traits and cyclical patterns

Robert W. Bednarzik

Job losers were heavily concentrated among blue-collar workers in 1982; permanent losses, as opposed to layoffs, were higher during the latest recession than during any other economic downturn.

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