This FRED graph divides unemployed (civilian) workers according to the duration of their unemployment spell. The number of those unemployed for 27 weeks or more is still very high, while the other categories have recovered to normal levels. This level of persistently elevated unemployment is different from that during previous recessions, and there may even be some structural component to it, given how the long-term unemployed are still struggling.
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at FRED Blog | Interesting graphs from the FRED library.
Related articles
- Long-term unemployment – Why does it matters
- US / Long- term unemployment spans all industries, education levels, age groups, and among blue- and white-collar workers
- US / Who Are the Long-Term Unemployed?
- US / The unique importance of UI for today’s unemployed workers
- US / The share of unemployed receiving jobless aid will drop to its lowest level
- Long-Term Unemployed in US – Only 11 percent have returned to steady, full-time employment a year later
- US / The Unemployment Problem is a long-term unemployment problem
- US Unemployment Rate / What if those who have left the labor force since the start of the Great Recession are counted ?
Job Market Monitor 
Discussion
Trackbacks/Pingbacks
Pingback: Unemployed Mothers in US – Staying at home | Job Market Monitor - April 10, 2014
Pingback: US – Long-Term Unemployment is elevated across all education, age, occupation, industry, gender, and racial and ethnic groups | Job Market Monitor - April 11, 2014
Pingback: Parenting and “secure attachment” – 40% of children would miss it out says a report | Job Market Monitor - April 12, 2014
Pingback: US Labor Market in Crisis – Two Charts | Job Market Monitor - April 12, 2014
Pingback: Long-Term unemployed – A sharp drop-off in the number of interview requests for those whose nonemployment spell topped six months finds research | Job Market Monitor - April 16, 2014
Pingback: Unemployment and the risk of falling into a substance abuse problem | Job Market Monitor - April 18, 2014
Pingback: How Long You’ll Be Unemployed – Look at the Unemployment Rate | Job Market Monitor - April 19, 2014
Pingback: Long-term unemployment in US – Geography could be one reason | Job Market Monitor - May 1, 2014
Pingback: US – Unemployment dynamics and le duration of unemployment | Job Market Monitor - May 8, 2014
Pingback: Long-Term Unemployment in US – The case of women and families | Job Market Monitor - June 20, 2014
Pingback: US – The short-term unemployment rate has returned to its pre-recession average, so what ? | Job Market Monitor - July 23, 2014
Pingback: US – Long-term unemployment might be falling for the good reason | Job Market Monitor - July 25, 2014
Pingback: US – Misconceptions about long-term unemployment | Job Market Monitor - August 19, 2014
Pingback: US Labor Secretary on Long-Term Unemployed – It keeps me up at night because their stories are so compelling | Job Market Monitor - September 1, 2014