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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Long-Term Joblessness

For some, joblessness is not a temporary problem, By Floyd Norris, October 25, 2013, New York Times: “Most Americans who lose their jobs these days are able to find new ones quickly. But those who do not are likely to remain unemployed for a long time. In some other industrialized countries, long-term unemployment has risen to record levels, even as overall unemployment has begun to decline…”