Sector-level gender shares underestimate state-reported unemployment insurance data: State-reported UI claims data and imputed data, by gender, March 15 through April 4, 2020
| Minnesota | North Dakota | Nevada | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State UI data as reported | Sector-based UI prediction | State UI data as reported | Sector-based UI prediction | State UI data as reported | Sector-based UI prediction | |
| Week ending March 21 | 62.8% | 47.9% | 55.1% | 45.6% | NA | 45.7% |
| Week ending March 28 | 54.2% | 44.1% | 53.2% | 41.3% | 50.6% | 43.4% |
| Week ending April 4 | 50.5% | 44.7% | 51.0% | 41.2% | 51.4% | 43.3% |
| Three-week average | 55.9% | 45.6% | 52.5% | 42.0% | 51.1% | 44.2% |
Note: Sector-based UI estimates use the gender shares within each sector for each state and apply those directly to the sectors with UI claims.
Source: EPI analysis of state-level gender-specific UI initial claims data for Minnesota, North Dakota, and Nevada; sector-specific initial UI claims data for Alabama, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, and Washington; and EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0 Version 1.0 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org