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transmitted through culture can help to explain this persistent saving disparity. -- Savings gap ; institutions ; race ; culture … evidence of the long-lived nature of institutions and the link between institutions and culture. In this paper, we provide an … scaffolding erected many years earlier. Using a novel within race decomposition we provide evidence that past institutions …
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evidence of the long-lived nature of institutions and the link between institutions and culture. In this paper, we provide an … scaffolding erected many years earlier. Using a novel within race decomposition we provide evidence that past institutions … be attributed solely to racial discrimination but can be explained by the response of culture to institutional …
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African American bankruptcy filers are more likely to select Chapter 13 than other debtors, who opt instead for Chapter 7, which has higher success rates and lower attorney fees. Prior scholarship blames racial discrimination by bankruptcy attorneys. We present an alternative explanation:...
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Using data of households approaching retirement in the U.S., I find that the Whites' median saving rates are 9 percentage points larger than the Mexican Americans' rates (ethnic gap) and than the African Americans' rates (racial gap). Two-thirds of each gap correspond to changes in asset prices...
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During the period 2005 to 2020, Black borrowers with mortgages insured by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac paid interest rates that were almost 50 basis points higher than those paid by nonHispanic white borrowers. We show that the main reason is that non-Hispanic white borrowers are much more likely...
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exacerbation of racial disparities in financial outcomes. We use administrative banking data paired with self-reported race … Chase Institute 2021 for most recent data), we observe increases in account balances for all race groups. Black families … the pandemic – trends that hold even after accounting for income differences. Within each race group, women have lower …
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During the period 2005 to 2020, Black borrowers with mortgages insured by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac paid interest rates that were almost 50 basis points higher than those paid by non-Hispanic white borrowers. We show that the main reason is that non-Hispanic white borrowers are much more likely...
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Using data of households approaching retirement in the U.S., I perform quantile decompositions of the Whites' differences in saving rates with Mexican Americans (ethnic gap) and with African Americans (racial gap). The gaps are small at the bottom half of the distribution and widen at the top,...
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The ethnic diversity-financial inclusion nexus remains one of the least explored topics in the literature despite global attempts to promote cultural mixing due to its socioeconomic benefits. We contribute to the literature by examining the link between ethnic diversity and financial inclusion...
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In 2005, a drastic reform in the Israeli capital market shifted the power to choose savings vehicles from employers to individuals. Using a unique dataset from a large employer, this event provides us a rare window into individuals' savings decisions and the effect of their social environment....
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