only marginally significantp = . 08
Compared to the shorter-run estimates, the longer-run estimates are much less precise and are only marginally significant ( p = . 08 for 2010–2016, compared with p = . 001 for 2007–2009); however, we cannot reject that the two estimates are identical ( p = . 78 ) . 5 The Great Recession on average increased local area unemployment by about 4.6 percentage points between 2007 and 2009.