Racial Wealth Disparities: Is the Gap Closing?
Racial Wealth Disparities: Is the Gap Closing?
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种族财富差距：差距正在缩小吗？
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.243769
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发表时间：
2000
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通讯作者：
E. Wolff
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作者：
M. Gittleman;E. Wolff
大量经济学文献考察了本世纪非裔美国人的经济进步。这些研究大多侧重于收入--或甚至更狭隘的经济福祉衡量标准，如收入--以评估相对于其他种族群体取得的任何进展在多大程度上可以归因于诸如种族歧视减少、平权行动政策、产业构成的变化或非裔美国人与其他人口教育水平之间的差距缩小等因素。然而，对收入和收入的研究虽然对于评估劳动力市场歧视的存在程度以及非裔美国人在获得目前得到市场回报的技能和关系方面向白人靠拢的能力很重要，但提供了一个不完整的图景。因此，本文探讨了非裔美国人在财富方面的表现，这是一个不太为人所知的因素，也是衡量经济福祉的重要指标。
A vast literature in economics has examined the economic progress of African Americans during this century. Most of these studies have focused on income--or on even narrower measures of economic well-being, such as earnings--to assess the extent to which any gains made relative to other racial groups can be attributed to such factors as declining racial discrimination, affirmative action policies, changes in industrial composition, or a narrowing gap between the educational levels of African Americans and the rest of the population. However, studies of earnings and income, while important for assessing the extent to which labor market discrimination exists and the ability of African Americans to move closer to whites in terms of acquiring the skills and connections that are currently rewarded by the markets, provide an incomplete picture. This paper therefore explores how African Americans have fared in terms of wealth, a less well-known factor and an important measure of economic well-being.