gradient in wealth.We show that individuals with lower genetic scores are more prone to reporting "extreme beliefs" (e … wealth might therefore exacerbate the consequences of labor market inequality. … attainment independently predict household wealth in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). This relationship is partly explained …

gradient in wealth. We show that individuals with lower genetic scores are more prone to reporting "extreme beliefs" (e … wealth might therefore exacerbate the consequences of labor market inequality … attainment independently predict household wealth in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). This relationship is partly explained …

The role of inherited wealth in modern economies has increasingly become under scrutiny. This study presents one of the … share of total wealth in a given economy. Thus, aging is not likely to explain a recent surge in this share in some advanced …

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 estimates of defined benefit (DB) pension wealth developed by … Sabelhaus and Volz (2020). Including this important asset, we find that racial wealth disparities are smaller than the numbers …

on wealth and lifetime earnings we evaluate measures of retirement preparedness. We estimate heterogeneous discount … have access only to a risk‐free asset compared to when we account for the fact that much of their wealth is stored in …

would be that it is also linked to higher net wealth for everybody. However, recent analyses challenge this hypothesis and …. To examine this finding further and investigate the role of family financial transfers in household net wealth, the …-educated households amass wealth, whereas the wealth of their Black counterparts declines. The authors also estimate the impact of just …

and wealth building. This study provides causal evidence on the relationship between student loan repayment via the …-to-income ratio as a share of net worth are most pronounced at the bottom of the wealth distribution. Further, increasing the … for building wealth for American households …

types of inequality/discrimination, e.g. based on gender, race or sexual orientation. An inquiry into the mechanisms of the …

types of inequality/discrimination, e.g. based on gender, race or sexual orientation. An inquiry into the mechanisms of the …

on wealth and lifetime earnings we evaluate measures of retirement preparedness. We estimate heterogeneous discount … have access only to a risk-free asset compared to when we account for the fact that much of their wealth is stored in …