A Very Uneven Road: U.S. Labor Markets in the Past 30 Years

This paper is from the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and authors use data from the Current Population Survey to summarize labor market trends in the U.S. over the past 30 years. The data show unevenness in labor market performance across demographic groups as inequality has increased. A specific finding from the current recession is that all groups suffered but young, less educated men were affected most significantly.