Arbeitspapier

The Distributional Impacts of Early Employment Losses from COVID-19

COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment rate understates employment losses. We focus on the percentage of the civilian population that is employed and at work. Young persons experienced the largest employment losses. Individuals with less education and lower family income experienced much larger employment losses than their more educated and higher income counterparts. Hispanics and blacks were more adversely affected than whites.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13266

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Demographic Economics: General
Demand and Supply of Labor: General
Thema
COVID-19
coronavirus
pandemic
employment
job losses

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cho, Seung Jin
Winters, John V.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2020

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cho, Seung Jin
  • Winters, John V.
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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