Racial Disparities
In a recent podcast, I talk with Laura D. Quinby of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR) and Luc Schuster of Boston Indicators about their study Wealth Gaps in the Golden Years: Economic Insecurity for Older Adults in a High-Cost State. They examined economic insecurity for older adults in Massachusetts through both quantitative analysis carried out by…
This paper compares how Black and White workers with stable jobs fare after an unemployment shock. Using administrative earnings data from the Continuous Work History Sample, the analysis compares the earnings trajectories of Black and White workers who are displaced during three recessions (1990-1991; 2000-2001; and 2008-2009)…
