Appendix Table 4 (2)

Without state-specific trends
White Black Difference White Black Difference White Black Difference
Unemployment rate -0.237*** -0.363*** -0.126
-0.045 -0.084 -0.099
EPOP 0.192*** 0.246*** 0.053
-0.043 -0.079 -0.083
Prime-age EPOP 0.184*** 0.177** -0.007
-0.045 -0.078 -0.084
With state-specific trends
White Black Difference White Black Difference White Black Difference
Unemployment rate -0.298*** -0.319*** -0.021
-0.054 -0.071 -0.083
EPOP 0.183*** 0.306*** 0.123*
-0.042 -0.061 -0.065
Prime-age EPOP 0.171*** 0.284*** 0.112*
-0.048 -0.066 -0.067
Economic Policy Institute

Source: Authors' analysis of annual, state-level aggregations of Current Population Survey data, 1979-2016. Each coefficient is from a separate regression of the race-specific log of average weekly hours worked, or the black-white log difference, on the overall labor market tightness outcome measured in percentage points (e.g., an unemployment rate of 6.0 is 6.0% percent). Regressions include state and year fixed effects and standard errors are clustered at the state level.

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