Figure 7N
Change in productivity, 20th-percentile wages, unemployment, and poverty, selected periods, 1979–2010
Source: Authors' analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Major Sector Productivity and Costs data, Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotations Group microdata, CPS public data series, and CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Poverty Tables (Table 2)
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