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The Impacts of COVID-19 on Minority Unemployment: First Evidence from April 2020 CPS Microdata
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2020
COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months … after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since … the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study of how the pandemic impacted minority unemployment using CPS …
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Avoiding the Eye of the Storm: How to Deal Effectively with Job Crises
Johansson, Sara; Paci, Pierella; Revenga, Ana; Rijkers, Bob - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2010) 40, pp. 1-5
Although economic crises are difficult to predict, their recurrence is a salient feature of emerging market economies. Nevertheless, many developing countries continue to lack an effective policy infrastructure that can mitigate the impacts of economic downturns on employment opportunities...
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The Roles of Openness and Labor Market Institutions for Employment Dynamics during Economic Crises
Gamberoni, Elisa; Von Uexkull, Erik; Weber, Sebastian - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2010) 29, pp. 1-5
crises and global economic downturns, whereas very high unemployment benefits were associated with stronger reductions in …
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