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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023
This paper first examines the pre-pandemic disparities in unemployment for Hispanic and Black wor... more This paper first examines the pre-pandemic disparities in unemployment for Hispanic and Black workers in the US and notes some employment-related inequities amplified during the pandemic. Utilizing data from the Current Population Survey, this study confirms the differences in how the pandemic affected unemployment among Non-Hispanic White workers, Non-Hispanic Black workers, and Hispanic workers. It found that in May 2020, the unemployment rate for African Americans grew more than the White unemployment rate, and in both April and May 2020, the Hispanic unemployment rate grew by a much more considerable amount than its White counterpart. Looking at potential reasons for these differences, I evaluate three factors: regional, educational, and metropolitan area size distribution. Further regression analyses and calculations of the ethnic distributions suggest that differing regional distributions did not cause disparities in how the pandemic initially affected unemployment differently. Varying educational and metropolitan area size distributions, however, likely did.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023
This paper first examines the pre-pandemic disparities in unemployment for Hispanic and Black wor... more This paper first examines the pre-pandemic disparities in unemployment for Hispanic and Black workers in the US and notes some employment-related inequities amplified during the pandemic. Utilizing data from the Current Population Survey, this study confirms the differences in how the pandemic affected unemployment among Non-Hispanic White workers, Non-Hispanic Black workers, and Hispanic workers. It found that in May 2020, the unemployment rate for African Americans grew more than the White unemployment rate, and in both April and May 2020, the Hispanic unemployment rate grew by a much more considerable amount than its White counterpart. Looking at potential reasons for these differences, I evaluate three factors: regional, educational, and metropolitan area size distribution. Further regression analyses and calculations of the ethnic distributions suggest that differing regional distributions did not cause disparities in how the pandemic initially affected unemployment differently. Varying educational and metropolitan area size distributions, however, likely did.