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April 2009

Trends in labor force flows during recent recessions

Harley Frazis, Randy Ilg

An analysis of labor force status flows reveals that the current recession, characterized by the slowing of flows into employment, differs from the recession of 2001 and most earlier recessions, which were marked more by increasing flows out of employment.

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