Sierminska, Eva; Takhtamanova, Yelena - 2010
The recession the United States economy entered in December of 2007 is considered to be the most severe downturn the … - the highest we have seen since the 1982 recession. In this paper we examine the severity of this recession compared to … structure of the population. We identify the most vulnerable groups of this recession by dissagregating the workforce by age …