ECIN Replication Package for "Racial Disparities in Unemployment during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recovery: The “Stubborn,” the “Hiccup,” and the “Stall”"

We examine differential impacts of COVID-19 on minority unemployment in the U.S. beyond the initial recession. The Black-White unemployment gap did not immediately rise as much as for other groups, but subsequently increased and was stubbornly higher through 2021 Q3. The Latinx-White gap generally decreased after peaking in May 2020 to pre-pandemic levels by 2021 Q4, but experienced a unique “hiccup” in early 2021. The Asian-White gap peaked later (in June 2020) and was high in Q3 of 2020 (the “stall”), and remained positive through 2021 Q4. Decomposition methods are used to examine factors that contribute to these patterns.

本研究聚焦新冠疫情（COVID-19）对美国少数族裔失业率的差异化影响，分析范畴不限于疫情初始衰退阶段。黑人群体与白人群体的失业率差距并未如其他群体那般即刻出现显著扩大，但随后逐步攀升，并在2021年第三季度前始终居高不下。拉丁裔-白人群体的失业率差距在2020年5月达到峰值后整体收窄，并于2021年第四季度恢复至疫情前水平，却在2021年初出现了独特的短暂波折。亚裔-白人群体的失业率峰值出现较晚（2020年6月），并在2020年第三季度维持高位，即所谓的“停滞态势”，且该差距在2021年第四季度前始终为正。本研究采用分解分析法，探究驱动上述演化特征的各类影响因素。