Table A.2.
Decompositions - unemployment February 2020.
| Black - White |
Latinx - White |
Asian - White |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 gap in unemployment rate | 3.4 | 1.7 | −0.5 | |
| Essential/major industry | Contribution | −0.15 | 0.14 | 0.05 |
| Std. Err. | (0.07) | (0.08) | (0.03) | |
| Major occupation | Contribution | 0.33 | 0.72 | −0.11 |
| Std. Err. | (0.08) | (0.10) | (0.03) | |
| Education level | Contribution | 0.3 | 0.58 | −0.19 |
| Std. Err. | (0.05) | (0.08) | (0.05) | |
| State | Contribution | −0.08 | 0.07 | 0.13 |
| Std. Err. | (0.10) | (0.09) | (0.07) | |
| Potential experience | Contribution | 0.29 | 0.1 | 0.08 |
| Std. Err. | (0.05) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
| Telework | Contribution | 0.05 | 0.07 | −0.02 |
| Std. Err. | (0.04) | (0.05) | (0.01) | |
| Health risk (Z-score) |
Contribution | −0.06 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Std. Err. | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| Sample size | 58,982 | 58,982 | 58,982 | |
Notes: All nonlinear decomposition specifications use pooled coefficient estimates from the full sample of all races. Sampling weights are used in all specifications. Standard errors are reported in parentheses below contribution estimates.