Racial disparities in unemployment during the COVID‐19 pandemic and recovery: The “stubborn,” the “hiccup,” and the “stall”
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Published:2023-01-03
Issue:3
Volume:61
Page:480-495
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ISSN:0095-2583
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Container-title:Economic Inquiry
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Economic Inquiry
Author:
Couch Kenneth A.1,
Fairlie Robert W.2,
Xu Huanan3ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Department of Economics University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut USA
2. Department of Economics University of California Santa Cruz California USA
3. Department of Economics Indiana University South Bend South Bend Indiana USA
Abstract
AbstractWe examine differential impacts of COVID‐19 on minority unemployment in the U.S. beyond the initial recession. The Black‐White unemployment gap did not immediately rise as much as for other groups, but subsequently increased and was stubbornly higher through 2021 Q3. The Latinx‐White gap generally decreased after peaking in May 2020 to pre‐pandemic levels by 2021 Q4, but experienced a unique “hiccup” in early 2021. The Asian‐White gap peaked later (in June 2020) and was high in Q3 of 2020 (the “stall”), and remained positive through 2021 Q4. Decomposition methods are used to examine factors that contribute to these patterns.
Subject
Economics and Econometrics,General Business, Management and Accounting
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