Recession swells count of displaced workers (ABSTRACT) Monthly Labor Review Online, June 1993

Recession swells count of displaced workers

Jennifer M. Gardner
Economist, Division of Labor Force Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Like all recessionary periods, the weak economy of the early 1990's increased the number of displaced workers. While a disproportionately large share were in goods-producing industries, displacements were much more widespread across industries than was the case a decade earlier. This article examines characteristics of displaced workers, based on data collected in January 1992 covering a period that included the 1990-91 recession.

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