论文标题
COVID-19危机对美国工资的分配短期影响
The Distributional Short-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Wages in the United States
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论文摘要
本文使用劳工统计局就业和工资数据来研究COVID-19危机对美国中期到美国工资的分布影响。它回答了低薪工人的工资是否比其他人的工资降低了。我们发现Covid-19爆发加剧了现有的不平等现象。与高薪工人相比，3月中旬五分位数的工人在4月中旬被解雇的可能性高三倍。在2月中旬至3月中旬之间的平均五分位数工人的每周工资平均下降了6％，而3月中旬至4月中旬之间的工资平均下降了26％。 2月中旬至3月中旬之间，较高五分位数的平均减少小于1％，而3月中旬至4月中旬之间的平均值约为10％。我们还发现，16-24岁的工人比老年工人遭受的打击要多得多。西班牙裔工人也比其他种族群体受到伤害。他们的工资比3月中旬和4月中旬之间其他工人的工资降低了2-3个百分点。
This paper uses Bureau of Labor Statistics employment and wage data to study the distributional impact of the COVID-19 crisis on wages in the United States by mid-April. It answers whether wages of lower-wage workers decreased more than others', and to what extent. We find that the COVID-19 outbreak exacerbates existing inequalities. Workers at the bottom quintile in mid-March were three times more likely to be laid off by mid-April compared to higher-wage workers. Weekly wages of workers at the bottom quintile decreased by 6% on average between mid-February and mid-March and by 26% between mid-March and mid-April. The average decrease for higher quintiles was less than 1% between mid-February and mid-March and about 10% between mid-March and mid-April. We also find that workers aged 16-24 were hit much harder than older workers. Hispanic workers were also hurt more than other racial groups. Their wages decreased by 2-3 percentage points more than other workers' between mid-March and mid-April.
