Image: US Unemployment 1910-1960
Description: U.S. Unemployment rate from 1910-1960, with the years of the Great Depression (1929-1939) highlighted. Data for 1910-1930 from Christina Romer (1986), "Spurious Volatility in Historical Unemployment Data", The Journal of Political Economy, 94(1): 1-37. Data for 1930-1940 from Robert M. Coen (1973). "Labor Force and Unemployment in the 1920's and 1930's: A Re-Examination Based on Postwar Experience", The Review of Economics and Statistics, 55(1): 46-55. Data for 1940-1960 from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1940 to date ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/aat1.txt, retrieved March 6, 2009. Data originally compiled by Peace01234. Complete raw data are available from the talk page for Peace01234.
Title: US Unemployment 1910-1960
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Author: Lawrencekhoo
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