Hidden Unemployment: Discouraged Workers and Public Policy

'œAn analytic study of an important segment of the population--discouraged workers. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics identifies discouraged workers on the basis of responses to its monthly 'Current Population Survey' (CPS). This study uses the 1984 'Special Plant Closing Supplement' to the CPS to examine the process of discouragement and to compare discouraged workers among themselves, with other unemployed, and with the general labor force. A chapter of case studies supplements the quantitative analyses. Concluding chapters identify the needs of discouraged workers and suggest suitable public policies. Useful bibliography and index. Buss is the author of many books; Redburn is an economist at the US Office of Management and Budget and has coauthored two other books with Buss. Recommended for all libraries serving economics, government, and social work students. Upper-division and graduate collections.'' ChoiceF. Stevens Redburn is the author of 'Hidden Unemployment: Discouraged Workers and Public Policy', published 1988 under ISBN 9780275926120 and ISBN 0275926125.