Relationship between race-specific annual household hours worked and employment outcomes
| Without state-specific trends | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Difference | |
| Unemployment rate | -1.105*** | -2.712*** | -1.608*** |
| (0.179) | (0.475) | (0.525) | |
| EPOP, ages 16+ | 1.283*** | 2.315*** | 1.030*** |
| (0.161) | (0.291) | (0.367) | |
| Prime-age EPOP | 1.022*** | 2.151*** | 1.125*** |
| (0.164) | (0.263) | (0.313) | |
| LFPR | 1.372*** | 2.111*** | 0.735* |
| (0.151) | (0.382) | (0.423) | |
| With state-specific trends | |||
| White | Black | Difference | |
| Unemployment rate | -1.150*** | -2.181*** | -1.033** |
| (0.102) | (0.439) | (0.458) | |
| EPOP, ages 16+ | 1.266*** | 2.402*** | 1.133*** |
| (0.093) | (0.300) | (0.291) | |
| Prime-age EPOP | 1.036*** | 1.934*** | 0.896*** |
| (0.114) | (0.289) | (0.284) | |
| LFPR | 1.282*** | 2.410*** | 1.125*** |
| (0.106) | (0.370) | (0.355) | |
*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 annual 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.
Source: Authors’ analysis of annual, state-level aggregations of Current Population Survey data, 1979–2016