Short-run Effects of COVID-19 on U.S. Worker Transitions / Benjamin W. Cowan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowan, Benjamin W.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w27315.

NBER working paper series no. w27315

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2020.

Summary:

I use Current Population Survey Data from February and April 2020 to examine how individual workers have transitioned between labor-market states and which workers have been hurt most by the COVID-19 pandemic. I find not only large effects on workers becoming unemployed but also a decline in labor-force participation, an increase in absence from one's job, and a decrease in hours worked. Generally, more vulnerable populations--racial and ethnic minorities, those born outside the U.S., women with children, the least educated, and workers with a disability--have experienced the largest declines in the likelihood of (full-time) work and work hours.

Notes:

Print version record

June 2020.