Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284051 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. WP 2023-10
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Abstract: 
Asian Americans faced a disproportionately larger surge in unemployment rates than other racial and ethnic groups during the Covid-19 pandemic. While existing literature typically examines labor demand channels to explain this, we instead explore a labor supply channel. Our hypothesis is that Asian Americans are more cautious about Covid-19 infections and thus more selective about job opportunities, contributing to their higher unemployment rate than other groups. Analysis of cellphone data during the pandemic indicates that non-work mobility significantly decreased in areas with larger Asian populations, supporting our hypothesis.
Subjects: 
Employment
Employment Creation
Human Capital
Retirement
Labor Discrimination
Labor Inequality
Labor Market Data
Health
Health Data
Health: General
Demand and Supply of Labor
Health, Education, and Welfare
JEL: 
J2
J7
I0
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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