Data

Working-Age Population

This file contains the quit and layoff transition rates (as a percent of the employed) for everyone in the U.S. working-age population (16 years and older). Please click one of the two links below to download the data either as a Stata .dta file or Excel .xls file.

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Prime-Age Population

This file contains the quit and layoff transition rates  (as a percent of the employed) for the prime-age population (25-55 years) in the U.S. Please click one of the two links below to download the data either as a Stata .dta file or Excel .xls file.

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Note: Variable labels

We use the following naming convention for variables: 

• eqall_seats/eqprime_seats: Employment-to-NonEmployment Quits (EQ) for working-age/prime-age population (all/prime), seasonally-adjusted time series (seats) 

• elall_seats/elprime_seats: Employment-to-NonEmployment Layoffs (EL) for working-age/prime-age population (all/prime), seasonally-adjusted time series (seats)

• layoff_share_n_seats/quit_share_n_seats: Share of newly laid-off/quit workers flowing to non-participation. The remainder flow to unemployment. If in the working-age files, this is for working-age. If in the prime-age files, this is for prime-age.