This paper aims at an improved understanding of the relationship between monetary policy
and racial inequality. We investigate the distributional effects of monetary policy in a unified …

In the field of family science and in the broader family policy discourse, debate is ongoing
about the importance of family structure for child outcomes. Missing from this debate is a full …

Homeownership is a key source of household wealth and often represents the largest asset
on a household's balance sheet, according to the Survey of Consumer Finances. But the …

A convention, particularly in economics and sociology, for empirical identification of the
“middle class” has been to mark off a segment of the population above a lower bound with …

In their own words, the subjects of this book present a rich portrait of the modern black
middle-class, examining how cultural consumption is a critical tool for enjoying material …

I analyse the political, economic, and cultural circumstances that have given rise to
persistent political disputes about race (known colloquially as" the culture war") among a …

How much larger would the US economic pie be if labor market outcomes were more
equitably distributed by race and ethnicity? Using data from the Current Population Survey …

The nonprofit Urban Institute is a leading research organization dedicated to developing
evidence-based insights that improve people's lives and strengthen communities. For 50 …

Redlining refers to discriminatory lending practices based on the demographic composition
of neighborhoods. The term is often attributed to boundaries drawn on maps by the Home …

We investigated the contributions of income and wealth (beyond education) to Black–White
disparities in cognition and evaluated whether the role of socioeconomic status (SES) varies …