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3 posts on "Heterogeneity Series"
February 9, 2021

Some Workers Have Been Hit Much Harder than Others by the Pandemic

Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz

Abel and Deitz look at the outsized impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on some workers, particularly those who are in lower-wage jobs, without a college degree, female, minority, and younger.

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Posted at 11:00 am in Demographics, Employment, Equitable Growth, Inequality, Labor Market, Pandemic, Unemployment | Permalink | Comments (1)
January 12, 2021

Understanding the Racial and Income Gap in COVID‑19: Social Distancing, Pollution, and Demographics

Ruchi Avtar, Raji Chakrabarti, Lindsay Meyerson, and Maxim Pinkovskiy

Chakrabarti, Pinkovskiy, and coauthors investigate the extent to which age, pollution, and social distancing factor in to the income and racial gaps in COVID-19 incidence.

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Posted at 10:02 am in Inequality, Pandemic | Permalink
July 7, 2020

Introduction to Heterogeneity Series III: Credit Market Outcomes

Rajashri Chakrabarti

Following up series on heterogeneity and inequality broadly and in labor market outcomes specifically, we turn our focus to further documenting heterogeneity in credit market outcomes, looking at disparities in home ownership rates, varying exposure to evictions, differing gains from tuition support and Medicare programs, and more.

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Posted at 8:00 am in Education, Household Finance, Housing, Inequality, Student Loans | Permalink

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