The Truth About Unemployment

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Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Civilian labor force participation rate by age, gender, race, and ethnicity.” Accessed June 5, 2016. http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_303.htm

—“Employment Projection.” Accessed June 17, 2016. http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. “Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers plus total employed part time for economic reasons (u6RATE).” Accessed May 23, 2016. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/U6RATE

Hipple, Steven F. “People Who Are Not in the Labor Force: Why Aren’t they Working?” Bureau of Labor Statistics: Beyond the Numbers (4), 2015.

Social Security Administration. “Selected Data from Social Security’s Disability Program.” Accessed June 20, 2016. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/dibStat.html