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What the students for fair admissions cases reveal about racial preferences

Arcidiacono, Peter; Kinsler, Josh; Ransom, Tyler - 2022

Using detailed admissions data made public in the SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC cases, we examine how racial preferences for under-represented minorities (URMs) affect their admissions to Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill. At Harvard, the admit rates for typical African American applicants are on...

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What the Students for Fair Admissions Cases Reveal About Racial Preferences

Arcidiacono, Peter; Kinsler, Josh; Ransom, Tyler - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

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The unintended effects of ban-the-box laws on crime

Sabia, Joseph J.; Thanh Tam Nguyen; Mackay, Taylor; … - In: The journal of law & economics 64 (2021) 4, pp. 783-820

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Racial Discrimination and Housing Outcomes in the United States Rental Market

Christensen, Peter; Sarmiento-Barbieri, Ignacio; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We report evidence on discriminatory behavior from the largest correspondence study conducted to date in the rental housing market. Using more than 25,000 interactions with rental property managers across the 50 largest U.S. cities, the study reveals that African American and Hispanic/LatinX...

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Wealth, Race, and Consumption Smoothing of Typical Income Shocks

Ganong, Peter - 2020

We estimate the elasticity of consumption with respect to income using an instrument based on firm-wide changes in pay. While much of the consumption-smoothing literature uses variation in unusual windfall income, this instrument captures the temporary income variation that households typically...

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Wealth, race, and consumption smoothing of typical income shocks

Ganong, Peter; Jones, Damon; Noel, Pascal J.; Greig, … - 2020

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Trends in the Retirement Preparedness of Black and Hispanic Households in the US

Wolff, Edward N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

. Hispanics also experienced a setback in mean retirement income but continued progress in replacement rates and reducing poverty …

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Racial Differences in the Total Rate of Return on Owner-Occupied Housing

Diamond, Rebecca; Diamond, William F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We quantify racial differences in the total rate of return on housing in a nationally representative sample of homeowners from 1974-2021. We develop a new method to estimate the rental value of each owner-occupied house, using a house's resale value to proxy for unobservable quality. Black and...

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The effects of COVID-19 on labor force nonparticipation in the short run : racial and ethnic disparities

Hean, Oudom; Nattanicha Chairassamee - In: Review of social economy : the journal for the … 82 (2024) 3, pp. 444-475

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Interaction between Older Age and Diabetes on COVID-19 Mortality in a Largely Hispanic US Population

Cardenas, Victor; Cardenas, Irma C.; Ocaranza, Hector I.; … - 2022

older age jointly increased the risk of COVID-19 mortality. Hispanics had twice the risk of reported morbidity than non-Hispanics … mellitus contributed to excess mortality among Hispanics during the COVID-19 pandemic … interaction between older age and diabetes mellitus on the risk of COVID-19 mortality.Methods: We calculated age …

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