The racial wealth gap is the largest of the economic disparities between Black and white
Americans, with a white-to-Black per capita wealth ratio of 6 to 1. It is also among the most …

This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their savings
behavior, ie wealth accumulation, savings rates, and portfolio choices. Locus of control is a …

Recent media and government reports suggest that immigrants are more likely to hold jobs
with poor working conditions than US-born workers, perhaps because immigrants work in …

Researchers have long demonstrated that persons of high economic status are likely to be
healthier than persons of low socioeconomic standing. Cross-national studies have also …

Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a
broad range of life-cycle and socioeconomic characteristics and housing market conditions …

Despite repeated expansions of federal food assistance, food insecurity and hunger
continue to affect many Americans. While job loss and poverty are among major …

Random‐effects binary choice models are estimated to identify the attributes that influence
the likelihood that immigrants are unbanked. This study finds that the likelihood to be …

This paper examines the relative savings position of migrant households in West Germany
paying particular attention to differences between temporary and permanent migrants. Our …

The study examines determination of wealth among older households from a cross-national
comparative perspective. Data obtained from 16 national samples reveal that in all countries …

This reserach examines wealth distribution across ethnic groups in Israel and evaluates the
role of labor market rewards and intergenerational transfers in producing ethnic disparities …