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The discouragement rate: an index of discouragement-induced hardship
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The discouragement rate: an index of discouragement-induced hardship

Tristan Potter
Applied economics letters, v ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp 1-5
18 Sep 2021

Abstract

Current Population Survey Discouragement hardship indices Levitan Commission
In 1979, the Levitan Commission identified discouragement as one of three main sources of economic hardship, and recommended the development of an index to measure the extent of the problem. Over 40 years later, no such index exists. This letter proposes an index of discouragement-induced hardship and documents its evolution over time and across demographic groups.

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