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Title: Estimated Characteristics and Employment of Essential Workers in California, from May 2020 to June 2021

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Publication Year: 2021

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Abstract: This fact sheet estimates the characteristics and employment numbers of workers in essential industries in California over the period from May 2020 to June 2021. Accurate estimates of essential workers in California are hard to produce for a number of reasons, including significant lags in data collection and reporting, and the instability of the labor market during the last 18 months. We therefore use multiple data sources to produce a range of estimates of the number of workers in California from May 2020 to June 2021 who meet the following three conditions: (1) working in essential industries, (2) not working from home, and (3) working for at least 1,000 hours cumulatively. We refer to workers meeting these three characteristics as active on-site essential workers.

Url: https://escholarship.org/content/qt8kg935f5/qt8kg935f5.pdf

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Authors: Huang, Kuochih; Lopezlira, Enrique; Bernhardt, Annette

Publisher: UC Berkeley Labor Center

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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