Essay
Arrival of Interstate Highway System Brought Housing Wealth, but to Whom?
Cohen, Jeffrey P.; Ricketts, Lowell R. (2022-05-10)
Interstate highways increased household wealth through higher house values, but racial inequities in homeownership meant few residents of color reaped these gains.
Economic Equity Insights

Journal Article
How Might Transforming Highways Impact Community Wealth?
Cohen, Jeffrey P.; Ricketts, Lowell R. (2022-11-17)
Cities are rethinking what the highway system might look like. How might changes impact wealth, and how might a history of racial inequities be addressed?
Bridges , Volume 2022 (4)

Discussion Paper
Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in Household Wealth Persist
Chakrabarti, Rajashri; Emanuel, Natalia; Lahey, Benjamin (2024-06-28)
Disparities in wealth are pronounced across racial and ethnic groups in the United States. As part of an ongoing series on inequality and equitable growth, we have been documenting the evolution of these gaps between Black, Hispanic, and white households, in this case from the first quarter of 2019 to the fourth quarter of 2023 for a variety of assets and liabilities for a pandemic-era picture. We find that real wealth grew and that the pace of growth for Black, Hispanic, and white households was very similar across this timeframe—yet gaps across groups persist.
Liberty Street Economics , Paper 20240628