The Covid-19 Pandemic and Asian American Employment

Bo Honoré and Luojia Hu
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Bo Honoré: Princeton University

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Abstract: This paper documents that the employment of Asian Americans with no college education has been especially hard hit by the economic crisis associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. This cannot be explained by differences in demographics or in job characteristics. Asian American employment is also harder hit unconditional on education. This suggests that different selection into education levels across ethnic groups alone cannot explain the main results. This pattern does not apply to the 2008 economic crisis. Our findings suggest that this period might be fundamentally different from the previous recession.

Keywords: Employment; Pandemic; Asian Americans; Racial Disparity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J70 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-07
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Journal Article: The COVID-19 pandemic and Asian American employment (2023)
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