Family Structure, Race, and Wealth Ownership: A Longitudinal Exploration of Wealth Accumulation Processes
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Family Structure , Race , and Wealth Ownership : A Longitudinal Exploration of Wealth Accumulation Processes
Recent research has demonstrated clear racial inequalities in wealth ownership, but the research is less certain about why these differences exist . Evidence that black wealth ownership, in particular, falls short of white wealth ownership has amassed at an increasing rate. In 1992, while median black income was about 60 percent of median white income, median net worth for blacks was only 8 per...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.240274