2022
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-022-01129-7
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Economic vulnerability in US metropolitan areas

Abstract: This paper examines various aspects of recent employment vulnerability in US metropolitan areas. Based on the three decades preceding COVID-19, an estimate is made of the volatility (sensitivity) in each area's unemployment rate, relative to the national rate, and this reflects the area's overall employment vulnerability to external events. Using the Brechling-Thirlwall time-series approach, the monthly change in each area's unemployment rate is first compared to the monthly change in the nation's unemployment… Show more

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic caused job loss in the United States on a scale not seen since the 2008 Great Recession. The existing evidence also shows large spatial variation in the employment impacts across U.S. labor markets ( Dalton 2020 ; Mulligan 2023 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The COVID-19 pandemic caused job loss in the United States on a scale not seen since the 2008 Great Recession. The existing evidence also shows large spatial variation in the employment impacts across U.S. labor markets ( Dalton 2020 ; Mulligan 2023 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%