The U.S. Employment-Population Reversal in the 2000s: Facts and Explanations

Robert A. Moffitt

NBER Working Paper No. 18520
Issued in November 2012

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This paper was prepared for the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, DC, September 13-14, 2012 and was financially supported by the Brookings Institution. Comments from David Autor, Steven Davis, Alexandre Mas, the editors, and the conference participants are appreciated. Nicole Lott and Lu Xu provided excellent research assistance. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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