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Title: Three Targeted Approaches to Expand Employment Opportunities
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Publication Year: 2015
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Abstract: The Great Recession and the recovery that followed have demonstrated a clear need for policies to encourage job growth. The United States has experienced a fairly steady recoveryfifty-three consecutive months of positive job creation as of this writingbut there is room for continued improvement. As of March 2015 there are roughly 8.7 million unemployed Americans, 2.7 million of whom are classified as long-term unemployed (i.e., workers who have been unemployed longer than six months) (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015b).
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Authors: Kearny, Melissa S.; Hershbein, Brad; Boddy, David; Jacome, Elisa; Nantz, Greg
Publisher: The Hamilton Project
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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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