The increase in Black unemployment is even more troubling in light of the fact that the labor force participation rate among Black workers rose last month and is about tied with the rate for white workers at 61.6 percent.
, far fewer than the 720,000 expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.2 percent from 5.4 percent, in line with estimates. But the August 2021 jobs report showed that Black workers are facing an even bigger struggle to find employment compared with job seekers of other races.
In other words, despite a greater percentage of Black people either working or looking for work, a greater proportion were unable to land a job. Specifically, Black workers with an associate degree saw an unemployment rate of 6.9 percent, while the jobless rate among white high school dropouts was 5.8 percent. The unemployment rate across all races for people without high school diplomas who are 25 and over was 7 percent, while the jobless rate for Black people with high school diplomas in the same age category was 10 percent.
. These incentives have to be significant enough, though, to help ease the barriers that are keeping people from working, said Dr. Kristen Broady, a fellow in economics studies at the Brookings Institution and policy director of the think tank’s Hamilton Project.
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