COVID-19

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Effects of COVID-19 on Employment Disruption and Financial Precarity

• September 13, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study, Retirement

Existing studies find that COVID-19 disproportionately affected the employment and financial security of minoritized workers. However, few studies have examined the employment and financial impact of COVID-19 among different groups of older workers. Furthermore, there is limited information on how…

Changes in the Composition of Disability Insurance Applicants and Recipients in the Wake of the Coronavirus Epidemic

• June 2, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Demographic trends, Disability insurance, Financial well-being, Health, Labor force participation

Despite concerns that the enormous economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic would increase Social Security disability benefit claiming, applications dropped during the first nine months of the pandemic. This paper uses Social Security Administration data on new program…

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…