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Title: The Best Measure of Labor Market Health Shows Every State Needs Stronger Job Growth Policies Author: David Coooper Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

*Date:* Nov. 6, 2014

*Abstract: *Though the country has come a long way from the depths of the Great Recession—with unemployment falling considerably over the past five years—a significant portion of the drop in unemployment is due to job-seekers giving up on the job search and dropping out of the labor force http://www.epi.org/publication/missing-workers/.

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