"the average unemployed american has been out of work for almost 40 weeks."
"the average unemployed american has been out of work for almost 40 weeks."
paul krugman
jan 5, 2013 ... these individuals have been out of work for 27 weeks or more. so many jobless  workers fall into this category — almost 40 percent of all unemployed people —  that the average period a person in the u.s. stays unemployed is about 40 weeks . and it's been that way for a year and a half. so even though the ...
for those who are out of work, unemployment has proven to be a stubborn  problem. as of last month, more than 5 million people – 40 percent of the  unemployed – had been out of a job for at least 27 weeks. the average length of  unemployment was nearly 40 weeks. another 8 million people are working only  part-time ...
jan 8, 2017 ... that all sounds good, at least until you ask the 25% of unemployed americans  who have been out of work six months or more. the tightening job market that the  labor department portrayed last week has delivered only limited benefits to one  group: the long-term unemployed. the number of people jobless ...
nov 13, 2012 ... not only is the unemployment rate still relatively high but americans are also  finding themselves out of work for longer periods of time than was the case in  previous economic downturns. while the average unemployed person has been  out of work and searching for a new job for 40 weeks, states only ...
mar 6, 2015 ... in 2010, it would've around 25.2 weeks, or almost half a year for the average  american to get back into the job market, according to pew research. ... in  february, about 31.1 percent of unemployed americans had been out of work for  27 weeks or more. .... i have been in school for more than 40 years.