" Figure 7 " Escape Rates from Unemployment into Employment, by Sector " of Previous Employment " " Percent " " Note: Escape rate is percent of unemployed in sector who become " employed. Data expressed as 12-month moving average, seasonally " adjusted and Abowd-Zellner mean adjusted. " Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population " Survey micro data, and authors' calculations. " " Nonmanufacturing Manufacturing 1977:2 25.14590 21.51220 1977:3 25.44961 22.18458 1977:4 25.77962 22.28201 1977:5 26.05801 22.20446 1977:6 26.30382 22.71119 1977:7 26.41550 22.69426 1977:8 26.78105 22.55232 1977:9 27.01298 22.99468 1977:10 27.25948 23.03773 1977:11 27.37068 23.28354 1977:12 27.49507 23.62584 1978:1 27.94680 24.01538 1978:2 28.43096 24.48888 1978:3 28.45878 24.23864 1978:4 28.57999 24.67704 1978:5 28.86232 25.12037 1978:6 29.42036 25.21783 1978:7 29.19180 25.32176 1978:8 29.35369 25.35843 1978:9 29.82318 25.51247 1978:10 30.03655 25.72352 1978:11 30.40597 25.92490 1978:12 30.24660 25.71960 1979:1 30.36342 25.45188 1979:2 30.37454 25.65843 1979:3 30.56919 25.69746 1979:4 30.24748 25.41892 1979:5 30.47434 25.58577 1979:6 30.27342 26.20422 1979:7 30.64040 26.45414 1979:8 30.50034 26.63143 1979:9 30.40214 26.59777 1979:10 30.30301 26.55315 1979:11 30.32254 26.73345 1979:12 30.44721 26.88969 1980:1 30.08224 26.59456 1980:2 30.14218 26.35244 1980:3 29.93419 26.27715 1980:4 29.89148 26.13016 1980:5 29.56665 25.63692 1980:6 29.28448 24.50949 1980:7 29.10280 23.86741 1980:8 29.02494 23.70189 1980:9 28.69683 23.14953 1980:10 28.64193 23.11081 1980:11 28.31443 22.87541 1980:12 28.16638 22.61910 1981:1 28.10058 22.42559 1981:2 27.59510 21.77258 1981:3 27.57877 21.59031 1981:4 27.70228 21.68992 1981:5 27.29915 21.72159 1981:6 27.18342 21.91826 1981:7 27.14856 21.93350 1981:8 26.83191 21.81861 1981:9 26.50677 21.63125 1981:10 26.35949 21.57411 1981:11 26.27283 21.28507 1981:12 25.88775 21.20883 1982:1 25.54276 21.43671 1982:2 25.19720 21.55181 1982:3 24.83240 21.39838 1982:4 24.25679 21.22758 1982:5 24.11515 21.07101 1982:6 23.81042 20.41186 1982:7 23.35629 20.23008 1982:8 23.18537 19.78190 1982:9 23.13077 19.51888 1982:10 22.74666 18.86099 1982:11 22.24460 18.30180 1982:12 22.16210 17.91045 1983:1 21.92296 17.37546 1983:2 21.74904 16.79530 1983:3 21.34527 16.59837 1983:4 21.22713 16.39703 1983:5 21.14189 15.91689 1983:6 21.32970 15.92104 1983:7 21.30682 15.77064 1983:8 21.37541 15.76031 1983:9 21.37683 16.06568 1983:10 21.27286 16.32797 1983:11 21.59573 16.85386 1983:12 21.70638 17.19959 1984:1 22.01041 17.63061 1984:2 22.67496 18.25543 1984:3 23.04274 18.57455 1984:4 23.40584 18.66619 1984:5 23.58901 19.00173 1984:6 23.96920 19.59909 1984:7 24.30164 19.74077 1984:8 24.80791 20.03541 1984:9 24.74513 19.99123 1984:10 25.15079 20.12654 1984:11 25.37383 20.48342 1984:12 25.43167 20.37921 1985:1 25.51167 20.46815 1985:2 25.70402 20.77640 1985:3 26.05894 20.87089 1985:4 26.13092 20.98300 1985:5 26.50372 21.30924 1985:6 26.35493 21.07187 1985:7 26.33557 21.21241 1985:8 26.17487 21.37663 1985:9 26.58392 21.57426 1985:10 26.66280 21.58422 1985:11 26.80979 21.32021 1985:12 26.92654 21.35379 1986:1 27.38664 21.55892 1986:2 27.02773 21.25683 1986:3 26.95591 21.19423 1986:4 26.93042 21.20459 1986:5 26.88491 21.03263 1986:6 26.91432 20.90363 1986:7 26.85175 21.09981 1986:8 26.78507 21.40374 1986:9 26.67572 21.25538 1986:10 26.65602 21.25183 1986:11 26.55118 21.45545 1986:12 26.87762 21.58060 1987:1 26.82925 21.37246 1987:2 26.94684 21.17285 1987:3 27.01019 21.44315 1987:4 27.44651 21.84225 1987:5 27.51297 22.27406 1987:6 27.51812 22.86559 1987:7 27.72399 22.98586 1987:8 27.83450 22.25366 1987:9 28.04343 22.27341 1987:10 28.22514 22.41048 1987:11 28.37663 22.26464 1987:12 28.34519 22.41780 1988:1 28.26921 22.47015 1988:2 28.41491 23.02440 1988:3 28.44511 23.49073 1988:4 28.75218 23.89627 1988:5 28.67330 23.85299 1988:6 29.23598 23.75973 1988:7 29.35203 23.60252 1988:8 29.43003 24.02554 1988:9 29.78089 24.37075 1988:10 29.53750 24.65576 1988:11 29.48029 24.50548 1988:12 29.75384 24.69230 1989:1 30.05415 24.68994 1989:2 30.50315 24.88841 1989:3 31.06613 24.47889 1989:4 30.56448 23.70352 1989:5 30.68554 23.68037 1989:6 30.67037 23.57538 1989:7 30.95329 23.44691 1989:8 30.98718 23.59363 1989:9 31.14621 23.50386 1989:10 31.41776 23.06609 1989:11 31.83353 24.24839 1989:12 31.67803 24.14109 1990:1 31.77692 24.58052 1990:2 31.92839 25.10203 1990:3 31.58106 25.14648 1990:4 31.44100 25.39603 1990:5 31.42659 25.42863 1990:6 31.22829 25.79203 1990:7 30.72840 26.09080 1990:8 30.98526 26.51187 1990:9 30.24308 25.98074 1990:10 30.17862 26.28094 1990:11 29.87966 25.34332 1990:12 29.61430 25.48444 1991:1 29.02195 24.80845 1991:2 28.58453 23.94645 1991:3 28.16491 23.64268 1991:4 28.18363 23.60094 1991:5 28.09546 23.22763 1991:6 27.66700 22.69479 1991:7 27.32082 22.23449 1991:8 26.96637 21.76477 1991:9 27.11388 21.86615 1991:10 26.90732 21.54673 1991:11 26.73796 21.59275 1991:12 26.41036 21.13022 1992:1 26.44575 21.56159 1992:2 25.81761 21.08594 1992:3 25.54665 20.60302 1992:4 25.37619 20.17880 1992:5 25.03164 20.06741 1992:6 24.77285 19.78879 1992:7 25.03656 19.69020 1992:8 24.68261 19.17185 1992:9 24.30879 18.82016 1992:10 24.37899 18.58095 1992:11 24.24467 18.08533 1992:12 24.39463 18.01700 1993:1 24.23240 17.47201 1993:2 24.26965 17.47923 1993:3 24.43512 17.69862 1993:4 24.51411 18.02538 1993:5 24.56777 18.12252 1993:6 24.49004 17.86392 1993:7 24.61484 18.10194 1993:8 24.73469 17.82730 1993:9 24.88046 18.11175 1993:10 24.69022 17.95490 1993:11 24.51270 18.15995 1993:12 24.70646 18.23934 1994:1 24.78412 18.79310 1994:2 25.00227 19.26786 1994:3 25.10636 19.83177 1994:4 25.33391 19.84472 1994:5 25.53020 20.45305 1994:6 25.99588 21.05235 1994:7 25.92109 21.53849 1994:8 26.08951 22.36565 1994:9 26.38317 22.70430 1994:10 26.47852 23.63199 1994:11 26.75670 24.05513 1994:12 26.93225 25.08388 1995:1 27.16121 25.59316 1995:2 27.53979 25.92742 1995:3 27.77428 26.33445 1995:4 27.74786 25.93203 1995:5 27.89402 25.08469 1995:6 27.93803 25.00231 1995:7 28.11078 24.63481 1995:8 28.23577 24.51881 1995:9 28.22304 24.48268 1995:10 28.39464 24.54085 1995:11 28.58177 24.80765 1995:12 28.31273 24.26435 1996:1 28.25686 24.08961 1996:2 28.30547 24.19916 1996:3 28.20256 23.77836 1996:4 27.82684 24.24571 1996:5 27.93751 24.80805 1996:6 27.80751 24.67725 1996:7 27.66677 24.88872 1996:8 27.91062 26.03100 1996:9 27.90597 26.23659 1996:10 28.11124 26.63196 1996:11 28.17541 26.53563 1996:12 28.31680 26.60579 1997:1 28.56942 26.71316 1997:2 28.61222 27.08831 1997:3 28.66829 27.38414 1997:4 29.05284 27.25012 1997:5 29.44593 27.79241 1997:6 29.60944 28.42623 1997:7 29.80404 28.80118 1997:8 29.57481 28.07053 1997:9 29.42121 27.77909 1997:10 29.55281 27.77276 1997:11 29.58176 27.61593 1997:12 29.93882 29.09869 1998:1 29.87384 29.66560 1998:2 30.12981 29.06515 1998:3 30.38418 29.01457 1998:4 30.98601 29.73660 1998:5 30.64535 29.43743 1998:6 30.79295 29.97156 1998:7 31.25241 30.59631 1998:8 31.39919 30.71045 1998:9 31.67325 31.04767 1998:10 31.70861 30.78792 1998:11 31.69181 31.49697 1998:12 31.73531 30.24929 1999:1 32.06466 29.63429 1999:2 31.89487 29.72027 1999:3 32.19897 30.35140