TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Couch, Kenneth A.
AU  - Fairlie, Robert W.
AU  - Xu, Huanan
        TI  - Racial Differences in Labor Market Transitions and the Great Recession
        PY  - 2016/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9761
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9761
        AB  - Labor force transitions are empirically examined using CPS data matched across months from 1996-2012 for Hispanics, African-Americans and whites. Transition probabilities are contrasted prior to the Great Recession and afterwards. Estimates indicate that minorities are more likely to be fired as business cycle conditions worsen. Estimates also show that minorities are usually more likely to be hired when business cycle conditions are weak. During the Great Recession, the odds of losing a job increased for minorities although cyclical sensitivity of the transition declined. Odds of becoming re-employed declined dramatically for blacks, by 2-4 percent, while the probability was unchanged for Hispanics.
        KW  - unemployment
KW  - race
KW  - minorities
KW  - labor market
KW  - labor force
KW  - dynamics
KW  - Great Recession
        ER  -