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February 1984, Vol. 107, No.
2
Recent recessions swell ranks
of the long-term unemployed
During the past seven recessions, joblessness lasting more than half a year has far outpaced the overall increase in unemployment and in 1981-82 reached the highest level of the postwar era.
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