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Research ArticleIII. Consequences of Long-Term Unemployment
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Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study

Henry S. Farber, Dan Silverman, Till M. von Wachter
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2017, 3 (3) 168-201; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.08
Henry S. Farber
aHughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University
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bRondthaler Professor of Economics at Arizona State University
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Till M. von Wachter
cAssociate professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles
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    Mean and Median Duration of Unemployment Spells in Progress, by Quarter

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    Monthly Job Finding Rate, by Duration of Unemployment, 2008–2014

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    Average Number of Weeks Spent in Unemployment, by Age

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    Unemployment Rate of Displaced Workers, by Age

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    Average Weeks Unemployed, by Age, of College-Educated Females in Administrative Support Occupations

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 3 (3)
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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Henry S. Farber, Dan Silverman, Till M. von Wachter
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2017, 3 (3) 168-201; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.08

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Henry S. Farber, Dan Silverman, Till M. von Wachter
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2017, 3 (3) 168-201; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.08
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