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June 1983

A new method for estimating job separations by sex and race

Sheldon E. Haber, Enrique J. Lamas, Gordon Green

Computations using data from the CPS show that the separation rate of women is the same as or lower than that of men when wage rates are taken into account; for blacks, the separation rate is low than that for whites, irrespective of sex.

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