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As the labor market tightens, employers are drawing in a fast-rising share of black and Hispanic women who weren’t actively looking for work the previous month. What new workers were doing a month ago; shown as 24-month average relative to a group’s share of the labor force Black and Hispanic women come off the sidelines Men: Black Hispanic White Women: Black Hispanic White 0 1 2 3 4 5% 0 1 2 3 4 5% ’10 ’12 ’14 ’16 ’18 ’10 ’12 ’14 ’16 ’18 Note: White and black exclude those of Hispanic ethnicity. Includes workers age 16 to 65. Source: Labor Department via IPUMS with guidance from Nick Bunker at Indeed, Ernie Tedeschi at Evercore ISI and Marianne Wanamaker at University of Tennessee Knoxville. THE WASHINGTON POST Looking for work Not working or looking for work
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As the labor market tightens, employers are drawing in a fast-risingshare of black and Hispanic women who weren’t actively lookingfor work the previous month.
What new workers were doing a month ago; shown as 24-month average relative to a group’s share of the labor force
Black and Hispanic women come o� the sidelines
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Women: Black Hispanic White
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Note: White and black exclude those of Hispanic ethnicity. Includes workers age 16 to 65.Source: Labor Department via IPUMS with guidance from Nick Bunker at Indeed, Ernie Tedeschi at Evercore ISI and Marianne Wanamaker at University of Tennessee Knoxville.
THE WASHINGTON POST
Looking for work
Not workingor looking
for work
