In the United States, the average Black and Hispanic or Latino households earn about half
as much as the average White household and own only about 15 to 20 percent as much net …

The long-existing racial/ethnic wealth gaps in the US persist during the COVID-19 pandemic
due to income inequalities and other structural racism experiences, which may contribute to …

" The practice of economics, as any economist will tell you, is a powerful force for good.
Economists are the guardians of the world's economies and financial systems. The …

Multiple imputation (MI) is a popular and well-established method for handling missing data
in multivariate data sets, but its practicality for use in massive and complex data sets has …

In this paper we present updated measures of racial disparities in wealth using the most
recent data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), augmented by household-level …

With the significant changes in the economy and the society occurring under neo-liberalism
as a base, this paper analyzes the extent to which government policies, including federal …

Wealth disparities represent one of the starkest measures of contemporary inequality in the
US. While many studies have examined stratification in wealth between ethnoracial groups …

Defined benefit (DB) pensions and Social Security are two important resources for financing
retirement in the United States. However, these illiquid, non-market forms of wealth are …

Most research measuring disparities in wealth by race relies on data that exclude resources
that are disproportionately important to low-wealth and non-white families, namely defined …

Defined benefit (DB) pensions and Social Security are important resources for financing
retirement in the USA. However, these illiquid, nonmarket forms of wealth are typically …