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| Keywords: US Unemployment 1890-2009.gif en selfmade image of U S Unemployment rate from 1890-2009 own by Peace01234 Complete raw data are on Peace01234 1930-2009 data are from Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 1940 to date ftp //ftp bls gov/pub/special requests/lf/aat1 txt retrieved March 6 2009 and 1 retrieved February 12 2010 Data prior to 1948 are for persons age 14 and over Data beginning in 1948 are for persons age 16 and over See also Historical Comparability under the Household Data section of the Explanatory Notes at http //www bls gov/cps/eetech_methods pdf 1890-1930 data are from Christina Romer 1986 Spurious Volatility in Historical Unemployment Data The Journal of Political Economy 94 1 1-37 1930-1940 data are from Robert M Coen 1973 http //i imgur com/xmPR6 png Image of extracted relevant table Labor Force and Unemployment in the 1920's and 1930's A Re-Examination Based on Postwar Experience The Review of Economics and Statistics 55 1 46-55 Unemployment data was only surveyed once each decade until 1940 when yearly surveys were begun The yearly data estimates before 1940 are based on the decade surveys combined with other relevant surveys that were collected during those years The methods are described in detail by Coen and Romer Peace01234 2010-02-12 Multi-license with CC-BY-SA-3 0 and GFDL US Unemployment 1890-2011 gif US_Unemployment_1890-2008 gif Christina Romer Demographic charts of the United States Economic statistics United States Census Bureau Unemployment rates in the United States | ||||
