Wealth of Two Nations: The U.S. Racial Wealth Gap, 1860–2020
Wealth of Two Nations: The U.S. Racial Wealth Gap, 1860–2020
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Oxford University Press
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English
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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 persistent. In this article, we construct the first continuous series on white-to-Black per capita wealth ratios from 1860 to 2020, drawing on historical c...
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Wealth of Two Nations: The U.S. Racial Wealth Gap, 1860–2020
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_04212052v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_04212052v1
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0033-5533
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1531-4650
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10.1093/qje/qjad044
