Relationship between race-specific weekly individual hours worked and employment outcomes
| Without state-specific trends | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Difference | |
| Unemployment rate | -0.237*** | -0.363*** | -0.126 |
| (0.045) | (0.084) | (0.099) | |
| EPOP, ages 16+ | 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 | |
| Unemployment rate | -0.298*** | -0.319*** | -0.021 |
| (0.054) | (0.071) | (0.083) | |
| EPOP, ages 16+ | 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) | |
*p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01
Notes: Each coefficient is from a separate regression of the race-specific log of state-level average household hours worked conditional on working positive hours, 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.
Source: Authors’ analysis of annual, state-level aggregations of Current Population Survey data, 1979–2016