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The Post-Pandemic Labor Market’s Long-Term Scars
Laura Tyson and Susan Lund
March 17, 2021
Laura Tyson and Susan Lund write that, even before the COVID-19 crisis, African Americans, Hispanics, women, and workers without a post-secondary education faced dimming prospects as a result of automation and other trends. Now there is an even bigger mismatch between worker qualifications and available jobs.