facing exogenous differences in the job finding and separation rates. We use our setting to study the racial unemployment gap … two groups both in the level and volatility of unemployment. We show that the racial unemployment gap is counter … unemployment is above average the gap increases by 0.6pp more than when aggregate unemployment is below average. In terms of policy …

in their unemployment rate and not a decline in labour force participation rate. Policymakers should take account of …

Census data show that the ratio of black to white unemployment rates, currently in excess of 2:1, was small or non … in the unemployment gap over the years 1880-1990 to identify the separate contributions of changes in observable worker … the relative educational status of black workers would have narrowed the unemployment gap slightly, but demand shifts …

Although the substantial and persistent gap between the unemployment rates of African-Americans and whites in the … unemployment gap. He finds that racial differences in measured human capital and other characteristics can explain all of the …

The ratio of black to white unemployment rates is currently in excess of 2 to 1. We show that the racial unemployment …. Using available U.S. Census data for the years 1880 to 1990, we decompose changes over time in the unemployment gap to … black workers would have narrowed the unemployment gap slightly, but demand shifts adverse to black worker more that …