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Income disparities by race are large and persistent in the U.S., and shifts in economic cycles often exacerbate these …
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race marriage gap remains, albeit sometimes in reduced magnitude, even after controlling for economic attributes of … race gap is explained in part by disparities in unobserved earning capacities between black and white men. In doing so … white residual earnings, the race gap disappears and even shows strong signs of greater marriage propensities in the black …
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Since 1970, the share of Black individuals living in suburbs of larger cities has risen from 16 to 36 percent. We present three facts illustrating how this suburbanization has changed spatial inequality. First, suburbanization entirely accounts for Black households' relative improvements in...
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Structural trends not directly related to labour market functioning and redistribution have made a sizeable contribution to inequality and poverty in Sweden, but occupy only limited space in the income inequality debate. To fill this gap, we put a quarter of a century of rising inequality in...
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Existing studies of trust formation in U.S. metropolitan areas have found that trust is lower when there is more income inequality and greater racial fragmentation. I add to this literature by examining the role of income inequality between racial groups (racial income inequality). I find that...
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factors in income differences - race and gender - that contribute to income inequality within the population of blacks and … defined by the Gini index varies from 1% to 4% depending on the geographical administrative divisions used. Race tends to … inequality associated with gender exceeds greatly that of race. While gender income inequality falls over time, income inequality …
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households? We find that neighborhood sorting by income and race cannot be explained by financial constraints: High-income, high …
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'mulatos' —the mixed-race descendent from European, Indigenous, and African population. However, Latin American countries have … veiled income inequalities between racial groups through mestizaje identity or the 'Cosmic Race'. Using LAPOP … taxation in income or 'tagging' could decrease race-based disparities and improve economic development …
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This study investigates the impact of malaria eradication programs on black-white economic disparities in the early 1900s US South. Malaria eradication was widespread and improved health across races. Yet, only white men experienced economic benefits. Using matched census records, we find that...
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race. Analyzing the same set of individuals, results confirm that estimated racial inequalities vary greatly depending on … the measure of race considered. The endogeneity of measured race with respect to socioeconomic status seems to account for … part of the variation in estimated racial inequalities across the four race measures …
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