THE PERSISTENT BLACK-WHITE UNEMPLOYMENT GAP IS BUILT INTO THE LABOR MARKET. Many economists find it promising that the U.S. unemployment rate fell from a high of 14.7 percent in April 2020 to 8.4 percent […]

BLACK WORKERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE UNEMPLOYED BUT LESS LIKELY TO GET UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Record numbers of Americans are receiving unemployment insurance during the pandemic. That’s because of the […]