COVID-19

Key findings on ethnic, gender, and racial disparities

• May 3, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Demographic trends, Disability, Disparities, Financial well-being, Health, Older workers

Only Spot a Few Blacks the Higher I Go: Occupational Segregation and the COVID-19 Pandemic

• April 9, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Disparities, Labor force participation

This project will examine whether there exists a link between occupational segregation by race and labor market outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will estimate the extent to which workers who were employed in occupations with higher concentrations of Black…

Assessing the First Economic Impact Payment in the Older Population Using the Health and Retirement Study

• February 28, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Behavioral economics, COVID-19, Family dynamics, Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study

Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Economic and Retirement Security

• February 28, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Disparities, Financial well-being, Labor force participation, Retirement

The Ongoing Impacts of COVID-19 on Americans’ Economic Security

• February 24, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Financial well-being

Assessing the First Economic Impact Payment in the Older Population Using the Health and Retirement Study

• February 15, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Behavioral economics, COVID-19, Family dynamics, Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study

We use data collected by the Health and Retirement Study in its 2020 wave to study awareness and impact of the Economic Impact Payment stimulus on different groups of older Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Economic and Retirement Security

• January 31, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Disparities, Financial well-being, Labor force participation, Retirement

The COVID-19 pandemic had severe impacts on the U.S. labor market with particularly large effects on working women. We use longitudinal survey data from a nationally representative internet panel to (1) document the pandemic’s gendered effects on employment and short-term…

The Ongoing Impacts of COVID-19 on Americans’ Economic Security

• January 31, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Financial well-being

The COVID-19 pandemic has had enormous effects on the U.S. economy. We use longitudinal survey data from a nationally representative Internet panel, the Understanding America Study, to examine the impacts of the pandemic, and policy responses, on Americans’ financial stability…

Saving Regret in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• October 25, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Financial well-being, retirement savings

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, saving regret — defined as the wish to have saved more and spent less earlier in life — was reported by 58% of the older U.S. population. And, the reports were strongly related to the…

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Effects of COVID-19 on Job Separation and Financial Precarity

• October 25, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Disparities, Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study, Labor force participation, Older workers, poverty

Drawing on Health and Retirement Study data collected in 2021, we will examine racial differences in the COVID-19 pandemic’s consequences on financial security. We hypothesize that, relative to their white counterparts, Black and Hispanic older workers were more likely to…