2021
DOI: 10.1007/s41996-021-00085-2
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Differential Rates of Return and Racial Wealth Inequality

Abstract: Using data on household balance sheets from the Survey of Consumer Finances and data on macroeconomic rates of return from Jordà et al. ( 2019) we construct two alternate series for household rates of return by race from 1989 to 2016. Our estimates suggest a persistent racial gap in the rate of return on assets between 1 and 6 percentage points. The gap in returns remains even after conditioning on demographic factors, labor market factors, credit history, portfolio composition, household attitudes toward savi… Show more

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“…On the one hand, white households typically invest a larger share of their net worth in higher-yield and, for the most part, riskier assets (Choudhury, 2002;Hanna et al, 2010). Estimates based on households' investment portfolios in combination with the economy-wide performances of those assets suggest that Black households earn lower rates of return on their net worth than do white households (Derenoncourt et al, 2022;Petach and Tavani, 2021). This finding appears plausible since the capacity to bear investment risk diminishes in tandem with a household's overall income level.…”
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“…On the one hand, white households typically invest a larger share of their net worth in higher-yield and, for the most part, riskier assets (Choudhury, 2002;Hanna et al, 2010). Estimates based on households' investment portfolios in combination with the economy-wide performances of those assets suggest that Black households earn lower rates of return on their net worth than do white households (Derenoncourt et al, 2022;Petach and Tavani, 2021). This finding appears plausible since the capacity to bear investment risk diminishes in tandem with a household's overall income level.…”
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confidence: 99%