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Last hired, first fired? Black-white unemployment and the business cycle

Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2008

in recessions by examining the movement of relative unemployment rates over the business cycle. Any conclusion drawn from … of unemployment are not examined. Using Current Population Survey data matched across adjacent months from 1989 to 2004 … the racial unemployment gap near the peak of the business cycle is driven by a reduction in the rate of job loss for …

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Racial differences in labor market transitions and the Great Recession

Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2016

Labor force transitions are empirically examined using CPS data matched across months from 1996-2012 for Hispanics, African-Americans and whites. Transition probabilities are contrasted prior to the Great Recession and afterwards. Estimates indicate that minorities are more likely to be fired as...

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Racial differences in labor market transitions and the Great Recession

Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2016

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Last hired, first fired? : black-white unemployment and the business cycle

Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W. - In: Demography : a publication of the Population … 47 (2010) 1, pp. 227-247

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Entrepreneurship, economic conditions, and the great recession

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2011

conditions are a major determinant of entrepreneurship. Higher local unemployment rates are found to increase the probability … individuals who are initially not employed respond more to high local unemployment rates by starting businesses than wage … influences resulting in higher levels of business creation. Using the regression estimates for the local unemployment rate …

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