Derenoncourt, Ellora; Kim, Chi Hyun; Kuhn, Moritz; … - 2023
Black Americans face higher cyclical unemployment risk than white Americans: job-finding rates during recessions are … lower and the risk of becoming long-term unemployed is higher. Differences in unemployment risk across Black and white … Americans imply that Black Americans optimally invest less in risky assets. We show that differences in unemployment risk can …