other sources, this paper presents seven economic facts about the racial wealth gap in the U.S. We present data on racial … between Black households and White households. While none of the economic factors listed fully explains the racial wealth gap …, each factor, along with a history of racism and discrimination has contributed to the extreme wealth inequality in America …

This paper examines the association between stock market return expectations and financial wealth holdings of older … of positive stock market return were positively associated with greater financial wealth holdings among households. Our … financial wealth holdings of households. African Americans, Hispanics, and other races were negatively associated with the …

bequests as potential determinants of the high level of wealth concentration in the US. Analyzing the joint distribution of …. Nonetheless, concentration of labor earnings is the primary source of wealth concentration in the US. This finding reflects the … high correlation between earnings and wealth in the data, as well as the fact that earnings are a major source of income …