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Single Mothers Face Difficulties with Slim Financial Cushions
During the COVID-19 recession, single mothers faced high unemployment and were more likely to exit the labor force than single fathers and women without children.
The Real State of Family Wealth: Will COVID-19 Worsen Racial, Educational and Generational Gaps in the U.S.?
A new quarterly assessment tracks the pandemic’s impact on wealth trends by demographic groups.
Journal Article
Perceived Bias and Income Patterns Differ by Race
Perceptions of discrimination and patterns of household incomes differ between blacks and whites.
Asian American Households Had More College Grads, Higher Incomes in 2022
Asian American households had more college grads and higher incomes than other racial and ethnic groups in 2022, per new data from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances.
Wealth and Its Distribution: A Look at Asian American Households in 2022
Asian Americans typically had more wealth than other racial or ethnic groups, and that wealth was spread across a diverse range of financial and nonfinancial assets.
Periodic Essay
Renter Households Face Trade-offs When Choosing Amenities or Price
Choosing where to live is a complex decision that could have long-term consequences for social and economic mobility.
Five Ideas to Support Families amid Growing Wealth Inequality
Setting up emergency savings and creating new ways to build wealth are some ideas that could increase the economic resiliency of U.S. families.
Millennials Are Catching Up in Terms of Generational Wealth
From 2016 to 2019, millennials born in the 1980s became relatively wealthier, though they still lagged in relation to wealth expectations.
Essay
Gender and Racial Disparities in Student Loan Debt
Student debt isn’t equally distributed among young adults, particularly Black adults and women, who are more likely to have loans and take longer to pay them down.
How Equitable Wealth Outcomes Could Create a Resilient and Larger Economy
The second post in the four-part blog series, “The State of Economic Equity,” looks at the connection between wealth equity and economic innovation.