Chart: Percentage Point Change in Black and White Unemployment Rates for a 1 Percentage Point Change in the National Unemployment Rate, 1979-2014 | Economic Policy Institute

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Percentage Point Change in Black and White Unemployment Rates for a 1 Percentage Point Change in the National Unemployment Rate, 1979-2014

	Black	White
1979–2014	1.7%	0.91%

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Source: Author's analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey.

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The Impact of Full Employment on African American Employment and Wages

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