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Author: Graham, John W.
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Blau, Francine D. Graham, John W. |
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Black-White Differences in Wealth and Asset Composition Quarterly Journal of Economics 105,2 (May 1990): 321-339. Also: http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/105/2/321.abstract Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): Assets; Income; Racial Differences; Transfers, Family; Wealth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Racial differences in the magnitude and composition of wealth are examined using data from the 1976 and 1978 NLS of Young Men and Young Women. On average, it is found that: (1) young black families hold 18% of the wealth of young white families; and (2) these black families hold their wealth in proportionately different forms. Blacks share a variety of characteristics that may lower their net worth relative to whites, including lower income and such demographic factors as a higher incidence of central city residence and families with single heads. The income difference is found to be the largest single factor explaining racial differences in wealth. However, even after controlling for income and other demographic factors, as much as 3/4 of the wealth gap remains. The causes of these differences are explored. It is concluded that racial differences in intergenerational transfers and, to a lesser extent, barriers to the accumulation of business and home equity most likely play a role. [ABI/INFORM] |
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Bibliography Citation
Blau, Francine D. and John W. Graham. "Black-White Differences in Wealth and Asset Composition." Quarterly Journal of Economics 105,2 (May 1990): 321-339.
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Gray, Jeffrey S. Beller, Andrea H. Graham, John W. |
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Childhood Family Structure, Child Support, and Labor Market Outcomes of Young Men Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Child Support; Childhood Residence; Children, Home Environment; Family Structure; Fathers, Absence; Labor Market Outcomes; Modeling, Probit; Parents, Single; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. An alarming trend among families in the U.S. is the increase in the percentage of children living with only one parent, usually their mother. In this paper, we investigate empirically the direct effect of the absence of at least one parent from the household during childhood on the labor market outcomes--earnings and employment--of young black and white men, paying particular attention to the effect of child support payments. Employing data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) for 1990 and 1994, we apply OLS estimation to the natural logarithm of earnings and probit to the probability of being in the labor force. Preliminary findings indicate that living in a non-intact family as a child has a direct negative effect on the wages of young men, especially for whites. |
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Bibliography Citation
Gray, Jeffrey S., Andrea H. Beller and John W. Graham. "Childhood Family Structure, Child Support, and Labor Market Outcomes of Young Men." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997. |