The Nation's Underemployed in the "Great Recession" of 2007-09

Andrew Sum is the director of, and Ishwar Khatiwada is a senior research associate at, the Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Email: a.sum@neu.edu or i.khatiwada@neu.edu Data from the Current Population Survey show that the less educated, those in low-skilled occupations, and those in low-paying occupations had a higher incidence of underemployment during the 2007-09 recession; an examination of the U.S. income distribution reveals that underemployment is more concentrated among workers from lower income households