Working Paper
Long-Haulers and Labor Market Outcomes
Ham, Dasom I. (2022-07-07)
There have been growing concerns about long-haulers or individuals with long-term COVID-19 health complications (long-haul COVID). While the medical field has been investigating the health complications, there has been limited research on the relationship between long-haul COVID and labor market outcomes. To investigate this relationship, I used the University of Southern California Understanding America Study COVID-19 longitudinal survey to provide a snapshot of mid-2021. I first find about 24.1% of individuals who have had COVID are long-haulers and 25.9% of long-haulers reported that their ...
Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute Working Papers , Paper 060

Journal Article
Neighborhood Sorting, Metros, and Tomorrow’s Labor Force
Carroll, Daniel R.; Walker, Christopher J. (2024-07-15)
In this Economic Commentary, we look at how households sort into neighborhoods in different metro areas and analyze these patterns by race, ethnicity, and income. We find that in many metros, Black households face a significant tradeoff between a neighborhood’s Black population share and its socioeconomic status (SES), with many high-income Black households residing in lower SES neighborhoods than is the case for white households of similar income. A similar pattern exists for Hispanic households. Because a neighborhood’s SES correlates with the labor market outcomes of the children who ...
Economic Commentary , Volume 2024 , Issue 12 , Pages 8