Although the labor market has slowly begun to recover, unemployment remains stubbornly high. The pace at which … unemployment comes down over the next two years depends in part on the cyclical recovery of labor force participation and the …

accurate, then the historical relationship between real GDP growth and the labor market suggests that the unemployment rate …

decline in the unemployment rate. Some analysts maintain that unemployed workers lack the skills to fill available jobs, a … mismatch that contributes to an elevated level of structural unemployment. However, analysis of data on employment growth and … jobless rates across industries, occupations, and states suggests only a limited increase in structural unemployment …

lifted the U.S. unemployment rate by at least one percentage point since early 2008. …

U.S. labor market conditions have improved over the past few years. But the average duration of unemployment has … data indicates that the incidence of long-term unemployment has declined over the past few years, and that job prospects …

join the labor force, the unemployment rate could stop falling in the short term.> …

Some observers have argued that the nation's high unemployment rate during the current recovery stems partly from …

During the recent recession, unemployment duration reached levels well above those of past downturns. Duration has … in survey measurement, the demographic characteristics of the unemployed, and the availability of extended unemployment …