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The labor market impact of Covid-19 on Asian Americans

Asian Americans faced a disproportionately larger surge in unemployment rates than other racial and ethnic groups during the Covid-19 pandemic. While existing literature typically examines labor demand channels to explain this, we instead explore a labor supply channel. Our hypothesis is that Asian Americans are more cautious about Covid-19 infections and thus more selective about job opportunities, contributing to their higher unemployment rate than other groups. Analysis of cellphone data during the pandemic indicates that non-work mobility significantly decreased in areas with larger Asian populations, supporting our hypothesis.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. WP 2023-10

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Employment
Employment Creation
Human Capital
Retirement
Labor Discrimination
Labor Inequality
Labor Market Data
Health
Health Data
Health: General
Demand and Supply of Labor
Health, Education, and Welfare

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
de Mena, Chris
Qin, Suvy
Zhang, Jing
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(wo)
Chicago, IL
(wann)
2023

DOI
doi:10.21033/wp-2023-10
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • de Mena, Chris
  • Qin, Suvy
  • Zhang, Jing
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Entstanden

  • 2023

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