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Is structural unemployment on the rise?

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  • Katherine Kuang
  • Robert G. Valletta

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An increase in U.S. aggregate labor demand reflected in rising job vacancies has not been accompanied by a similar 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, indicating that cyclical factors account for most of the rise in the unemployment rate.

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  • Katherine Kuang & Robert G. Valletta, 2010. "Is structural unemployment on the rise?," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue nov8.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedfel:y:2010:i:nov8:n:2010-34
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