With 16 million new unemployment claims and disproportionate deaths among African-Americans, COVID-19 is upending the labor market and highlighting long-standing inequalities. Read up on the latest research on how this pandemic is affecting poverty, inequality, and labor market outcomes:
- The crisis is hurting women's employment more than men's (NBER)
- Parents and their children have reported a deterioration in their mental health (EconoFact)
- How are structural inequalities contributing to death rates among African Americans? (Brookings)
- Economic downturn could rival the Great Depression (GSB)