Race, Ethnicity, and Jobs in Rhode Island

Communities & Banking, Winter 2017
Doug Hall, Economic Progress Institute

Rhode Island’s minority workers were hit harder by the Great Recession than their white counterparts and historically have experienced higher rates of unemployment and lower median wages.

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