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8 - Family Wealth Inequality

Pensions, Homeownership, and Property Income

from Part III - African American Income and Wealth, 1965–Present

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2023

Patrick L. Mason
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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The mean African American family wealth is 6–8 percent of mean White family wealth. About 1 of every 3 African American families are bankrupt. Both numbers were unchanged during 1984–2017. The African American savings rate is at least as high as the White savings rate for families with the same level of earnings (income). Racial differences in inheritances and in vivo transfers explain the greatest portion of racial wealth disparity.

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The Economics of Structural Racism
Stratification Economics and US Labor Markets
, pp. 191 - 230
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Family Wealth Inequality
  • Patrick L. Mason, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Book: The Economics of Structural Racism
  • Online publication: 06 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009290784.011
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  • Family Wealth Inequality
  • Patrick L. Mason, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Book: The Economics of Structural Racism
  • Online publication: 06 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009290784.011
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  • Family Wealth Inequality
  • Patrick L. Mason, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Book: The Economics of Structural Racism
  • Online publication: 06 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009290784.011
Available formats
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