Here we study the role of negative shifts in public opinion in the economic lives of under-represented racial groups by investigating sudden changes in views towards Asian people following the anti-Chinese rhetoric that emerged with the COVID-19 pandemic, and associated changes in employment status and earnings in the US labour market. Using data from the Current Population Survey, we find that, unlike other under-represented groups, Asian workers in occupations or industries with a higher likelihood of face-to-face interactions before the pandemic were more likely to become unemployed afterwards. While widespread along the political spectrum, negative shifts in the perceived favourability of Asian people, and not of other under-represented groups, were much stronger among those who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and could have been more influenced by the anti-Asian rhetoric.

在这里，我们通过调查在 COVID-19 大流行期间出现的反华言论后对亚洲人的看法突然发生变化，以及相关的就业变化，研究公众舆论的负面转变在代表性不足的种族群体的经济生活中所扮演的角色。美国劳动力市场的状况和收入。利用当前人口调查的数据，我们发现，与其他代表性不足的群体不同，在大流行之前从事面对面互动可能性较高的职业或行业的亚洲工人更有可能在大流行之后失业。虽然在政治领域广泛存在，但亚洲人而非其他代表性不足群体的好感度的负面变化在 2016 年投票支持唐纳德·特朗普的人群中更为强烈，并且可能更多地受到反亚裔言论的影响。