On (Not) Closing the Gaps: The Evolution of National and Regional Unemployment Rates by Race and Ethnicity

On (Not) Closing the Gaps: The Evolution of National and Regional Unemployment Rates by Race and Ethnicity

This paper conducts stationarity tests for levels and ratios of national and regional unemployment rates by race and ethnicity. Results indicate that both unemployment rates and ratios for the total population and for subgroups by race, ethnicity and region are stationary around changing means. The...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Review of Black political economy 2012-06, Vol.39 (2), p.267-284
1. Verfasser: Freeman, Donald G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African Americans
Black White Relations
Business cycles
Economic conditions
Economic Policy
Economics
Economics and Finance
Education
Employment
Ethnicity
Hispanic Americans
Human capital
Hypotheses
Income
Labor market
Political Science
Race
Ratios
Regional disparities
Regional economics
Regions
Social policy
Sociology
Studies
Time series
U.S.A
Unemployment
Unemployment Rates
United States of America
White people
Whites
Workers
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Zusammenfassung:This paper conducts stationarity tests for levels and ratios of national and regional unemployment rates by race and ethnicity. Results indicate that both unemployment rates and ratios for the total population and for subgroups by race, ethnicity and region are stationary around changing means. The black/white unemployment ratio has increased on average and the Hispanic/white unemployment ratio has decreased on average. Results are compared across regions of the US.
ISSN:0034-6446
1936-4814
DOI:10.1007/s12114-011-9106-2