Unemployment during the pandemic in the United States. An intersectional analysis.

Abstract

This article analyzes the differences in unemployment between immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean and the US population - whites and African Americans - between 2019 and 2021. Descriptive statistics are observed and probability models are adjusted to identify unemployment-related aspects. We found that, although differences in the probability of being unemployed during the pandemic were associated with the population's education levels, the intersection of race, ethnicity, and sex played a central role in the disparities found. We found that for black men and women, the probability of being unemployed increased during the pandemic. Non-white Latin American immigrants were more likely to be unemployed.