The Experience of Unemployment
The Experience of Unemployment

Author: A. Waton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1986-11-03

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1349184543

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Increasingly high unemployment has brought with it a multitude of consequences affecting those without jobs and, beyond them, their families, friends and communities. This book reports findings from original research. It explores, often in the words of the unemployed and others involved, what life without a job is like. It challenges many widely held beliefs about the unemployed - that they are workshy, price themselves out of jobs or earn money illegally on the side - and explores where such misconceptions come from. It reveals the inherent contradictions involved in trying to search for work whilst coping with the experience of unemployment.

Impact of COVID-19 on Asian Employment in New York City
Impact of COVID-19 on Asian Employment in New York City

Author: Rimsha Khan

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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The far-reaching economic impact of COVID-19 has been felt across the nation, but has been particularly harmful to New York City’s Asian American workers and their families. Nationally, Asian American unemployment rates increased from 2.5% in February 2020, to 14.5% in April 2020, to 15% in May 2020 , the greatest rate of increase among all racial groups across the country. The Asian American Federation’s report will focus on what is happening locally in New York City. There is limited data on the current Asian American employment at the local level. The best survey on employment by Asian ethnicity for local areas is the American Community Survey. However, it only releases annual data in the fall and winter of each year; therefore, this report will use available local data to gauge the impact of COVID-19 on employment among Asian New Yorkers. First, we will look at the growth in state unemployment claims by Asian Americans. Next, we will use data from the American Community Survey to estimate how reliant each Asian community in New York City is on specific industries for jobs. Finally, we will look at the most recent employment reports to measure year-to-year changes in job loss for April and May to see the impact of COVID-19 on industries that Asian New Yorkers have traditionally relied on for employment.

Laid-Off Workers in a Workers’ State
Laid-Off Workers in a Workers’ State

Author: T. Gold

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-04-13

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0230620442

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In this book, an international team of scholars explores not only the politics of xiagang, but also the effect on Chinese workers and their families, and the variety of their responses to this unprecedented dislocation in their lives.

Hidden Disadvantage
Hidden Disadvantage

Author: Algernon Austin

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13:

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Nationally, Asian Americans have the lowest unemployment rate of the major racial groups. But a closer look at unemployment by educational attainment shows a more complicated picture. Asian Americans with bachelor's degrees have a higher unemployment rate than whites with comparable education, but Asian American high school dropouts are more successful than comparable whites at finding jobs. As a result, the economic hardships and disadvantages for Asian Americans are sometimes overlooked. This Issue Brief shows that Asian American workers experience a complex mix of advantages and disadvantages in finding jobs when education level is considered. It concludes that if Asian Americans had the same unemployment rates by education level as whites, the Asian American unemployment rate would have been almost a percentage point lower in the fourth quarter of 2009. Thus, Asian American workers are disadvantaged relative to white workers in finding jobs. This paper examines the Asian American unemployment rate nationally and in five states: California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, and Texas. Only these five states had Current Population Survey sample sizes large enough for reliable statistics on Asian American unemployment. These analyses of Asian Americans exclude Pacific Islander, multi-racial, and Hispanic workers. The data for white workers also exclude multi-racials and Hispanics. (Contains 6 tables, 4 figures and 2 endnotes.).