Pandemic pushes Texas minority unemployment beyond highs reached during Great Recession
Recessions are hardest on minorities; the COVID-19 downturn is no different in that regard. More than half of Texas’ population is Hispanic or Black and the consequences are far-reaching if those groups lag behind economically.
April 09, 2021
Working Paper
How Foreign- and U.S.-Born Latinos Fare During Recessions and Recoveries
The majority of Latinos are U.S. born, making the progress and well-being of Latinos no longer just a question of immigrant assimilation but also of the effectiveness of U.S. educational institutions and labor markets in equipping young Latinos to move out of the working class and into the middle class.
April 02, 2021
Dallas Fed Economics
For many, work-from-home arrangements likely to outlast pandemic
Many workers say they expect to work from home after the pandemic ends. Although commuting remained below prepandemic levels at year-end 2020, it is likely to increase in the near term as labor market conditions improve and home arrangements become more part time.
March 30, 2021
Dallas Fed Economics
Pandemic pushed the U.S. into recession … and hourly wages rose?
The onset of COVID-19 in spring 2020 prompted an unprecedented rapid rise in the unemployment rate. However, a popular and widely cited wage measure—average hourly earnings (AHE)—rose sharply as the health crisis grew.
February 09, 2021
Dallas Fed Economics
Pandemic economic lifeline: taxes on consumption, labor that fund stay-at-home subsidies
Stay-at-home subsidies funded by taxes on consumption and labor—activities that contribute to viral transmission—can simultaneously reduce deaths and increase output.
January 12, 2021
Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Provided Much-Needed Fiscal Support
Enhanced unemployment insurance benefits implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have helped buttress spending among the unemployed.
December 21, 2020
Pandemic disproportionately affects women, minority labor force participation
Data showing changes in labor force participation rates for several demographics reveal that women with children, especially Black women, have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
November 10, 2020
Looking to economics for help in addressing enduring discrimination
Gary A. Hoover holds a President’s Associates Presidential Professorship and is chairman of the Economics Department at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He specializes in policy analysis of income distribution and poverty, public finance and
ethics in economics. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Economics, Race and Policy.
September 21, 2020
Dallas Fed Economics
Commuting patterns during COVID-19 endure; minorities less likely to work from home
Some workers transitioned to working from home relatively easily. In many jobs, however, performing regular work activities from home is impossible, forcing many individuals to become inactive or look for a new job.
September 01, 2020
Black workers at risk for 'last hired, first fired'
In the U.S., black unemployment rates have spiked much more than white jobless rates during recessions. Additionally, black unemployment rates tend to more slowly recede.
June 23, 2020