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BPEA | 1976 No. 11976, No. 1
THE LABOR MARKET is in continuous internal motion, with workers moving
rapidly between jobs, unemployment, and nonparticipation even during
periods of stable economic activity. The flow of workers in and out of unemployment
every month is always far greater than the increase in the
number of the unemployed.