Thread by @mikalskuterud

*NEW* Among 6,292 jobless workers who lost job after mid-February, I find that women, especially women with young kids, and older workers, are significantly less likely to be searching for a new job. But weak evidence that workers benefiting most from CERB are searching less.

These estimates, from a linear probability model, suggest to me that in mid-May caregiving constraints and virus fears were more important labour supply obstacles than CERB-induced work disincentives. #cdnecon #cdnpoli

Here's the same table with the R-squared and sample size in their correct rows (urgh).

And here's a version with the correct standard errors (urgh urgh). And the lesson is ...