Rogelio Saenz and Corey Sparks

Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Men and women wait in line at an unemployment center

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Research publishedÌýby the Carsey School and authored byÌýRogelio Saenz and Corey Sparks was recently cited by Sean Edmund Rogers in an opinion piece in the CT News Junkie.ÌýTheir researchÌýfound that last April, 2020, during the pandemic, Latinos had the highest unemployment rate at nearly 19%, followed by Black workers at 16.4%. Whites had the lowest unemployment level at approximately 13%.Ìý

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