Center for Economic & Policy Research: The High Black Employment Rate Nationally Obscures Differences at the State Level
June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Center for Economic and Policy Research issued the following news release:
Although Black employment is currently the highest in a generation, things look different at the state level. A fresh analysis (https://cepr.net/report/black-employment-rate/) by CEPR's Director of Race and Economic Justice Algernon Austin (https://cepr.net/staff-member/algernon-austin/) finds that the states with the largest prime-age Black jobs deficits were New York, Illinois, an . . .
Although Black employment is currently the highest in a generation, things look different at the state level. A fresh analysis (https://cepr.net/report/black-employment-rate/) by CEPR's Director of Race and Economic Justice Algernon Austin (https://cepr.net/staff-member/algernon-austin/) finds that the states with the largest prime-age Black jobs deficits were New York, Illinois, an . . .