Focus on Employment: Additional resources
Our Racism and the Economy: Focus on Employment event looks at issues related to occupational segregation, discriminatory practices, and employment law. We have curated a collection of additional resources that focus on the topics of racism, employment, and their effects on the economy.
Jump to: Session Proposals | Introduction | Racial disparities in employment | Racial disparities in earnings | Disparate racial impacts of COVID-19 | Racial disparities in who benefits from a growing economy | Non-Federal Reserve System Publications/Resources
Session Proposals
Racism and the Economy: Focus on Employment Policy Brief
Policy Brief PDF | 12 District Banks
These papers go into greater detail on the proposals presented by the authors during the Racism and the Economy: Focus on Employment event.
Joshua Bolten's Proposal
Proposal PDF | Joshua Bolten, Business Roundtable
Rebecca Dixon's Proposal
Proposal PDF | Rebecca Dixon, National Employment Law Project
William M. Rodgers III's Proposal
Proposal PDF | William M. Rodgers III, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University
Introduction: The context for racial disparities in the labor market
Racial Equity Primer
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Racial Disparities in the Labor Market
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Ask Us Anything: Racial Equity and the Future of Workforce Development
Webinar video & Q&A | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Racial disparities in employment
Assessing Differences in Labor Market Outcomes Across Race, Age, and Educational Attainment
Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Dissimilarity on the Career Path: The Occupational Structure of the American Indian/Alaska Native Workforce
Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Examining the Role of Job Separations in Black-White Labor Market Disparities
Report PDF | Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Mismatch of Jobs and People: Do Migration Constraints Put Racial Minorities at a Disadvantage?
Report PDF | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
People of Color Face Systemic Disparities in Minnesota’s Labor Market
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Demographics and Disparities in the Fifth District
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Racial disparities in earnings
Disappointing Facts about the Black-White Wage Gap
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Racial Income Gap and Benefits Cliff: Research on Understanding and Overcoming Benefits Cliffs
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
The Dynamics of the Racial Wealth Gap
Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Labor Market Dynamics and Black-White Earnings Gaps
Article | co-authored by Mary C. Daly (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
The Labor-Market Skills of Foreign-born Workers in the United States, 2007–2017
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Racial Gaps, Occupational Matching, and Skill Uncertainty
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Strong Recovery for Whom? Trends in Dayton, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Exemplify Growing Earnings Gaps between Minority and White Workers Present in Many US Regions
Brief | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Disparate racial impacts of COVID-19
The Relationship Between Race, Type of Work, and Covid-19 Infection Rates
Working paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Introducing the Unemployment Claims Monitor and Tracking Demographic Impact
Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Disparities and Mitigation Behavior during COVID-19
Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
The Effects of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic on Service Workers in New England
Issue Brief | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
COVID-19: A Deep Economic Crisis in Indian Country
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Native Employment during COVID-19: Hit Hard in April but Starting to Rebound?
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Asian American Employment
Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Health Insurance and Essential Service Workers in New England: Who Lacks Access to Care for COVID-19?
Issue brief | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Racial disparities in who benefits from a growing economy
The Benefits of a Diverse and Inclusive Recovery
Speech Transcript | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Racial Gaps in Labor Market Outcomes in the Last Four Decades and over the Business Cycle
Working paper | Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Toward a More Inclusive Economy
Webinar video & Transcript | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
A Tragic Reality of Hundreds of Years of Unequal Access and Unequal Treatment
Speech Transcript | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Okun Revisited: Who Benefits Most from a Strong Economy
Working paper | Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Non-Federal Reserve System Publications/Resources
Valerie Wilson's Keynote Slides from Racism and the Economy: Focus on Employment
Presentation slides | Valerie Wilson, Economic Policy Institute
Understanding the Legacy Costs of Segregation: A Path to Racial Equity
Video | Policy Summit 2019 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
