U.S. labor market performance in international perspective (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, June 2002

U.S. labor market performance in international perspective

Constance Sorrentino
Supervisory Economist, Division of Foreign Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: Sorrentino.Connie@bls.gov

Joyanna Moy
Economist, Division of Foreign Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: Moy.Joyanna@bls.gov

From 1960 to 2000, U.S. unemployment rates improved from relatively high to the lowest among the G7 countries; Canada and the United States were leaders in job creation, while Japan and Europe had much weaker employment gains.

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