SWA2014-Introduction | Figure 1D | Unemployment rate and real median-wage decline, 1991–2011
Note: In this graph, the unemployment rate is lagged by one year because its impact on unemployment is not immediate.
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey public data series and CPS Outgoing Rotation Group microdata
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