Figure C
Long-tenured displaced workers unemployment rate,* 1984–2012
| Year | Unemployment rate |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.5% |
| 1992 | 1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 1.1% |
* The long-tenured displaced workers unemployment rate expresses, as a share of the overall labor force, the number of high-tenure workers (those who held the same job for more than three years) displaced at any point in the three-year Displaced Worker Survey (DWS) sample period who remained unemployed at the start of the next DWS sample period.
Source: EPI replication of Borbely (2011, Figure 4) using unpublished data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Displaced Worker Supplement
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