The Effects of Recessions Across Demographic Groups (ICPSR 34702)

Version Date: Jun 14, 2013

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Principal Investigator(s):
Kristie M. Engemann, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Howard J. Wall, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34702.v1

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Summary

The burdens of a recession are not spread evenly across demographic groups. As the public and media noticed, from the start of the current recession in December 2007 through June 2009 men accounted for more than three-quarters of net job losses. Other differences have garnered less attention but are just as interesting. During the same period, the employment of single people fell at more than twice the rate that it did for married people and the decline for black workers was one and a half times that for white workers. To provide a more complete understanding of the effect of recessions, this paper examines the different effects of this and previous recessions across a range of demographic categories: sex, marital status, race, age, and education level.

Citation

Engemann, Kristie M., and Wall, Howard J. The Effects of Recessions Across Demographic Groups. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-06-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34702.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1972 -- 2009

Data Collection Notes

  1. The data are distributed as a Microsoft Excel file, which provides data, tables, and figures used in the publication.

  2. These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigators if further information is desired.

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Universe

United States households.

Unit(s) of Observation

household

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Original Release Date

2013-06-14

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Engemann, Kristie M., and Howard J. Wall. The Effects of Recessions Across Demographic Groups. ICPSR34702-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-06-14. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34702.v1
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  • These data are flagged as replication datasets and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.