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Racism and the Economy: Focus on the Wealth Divide
Event on October 20, 2021
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Blueprint for opportunity
Lisa Camner McKay | Writer/Analyst Andrew Goodman-Bacon | Senior Research Economist, Institute Nina Leo | Creative Director
October 18, 2021
Article
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As the rich get richer, the price of college soars
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
September 30, 2021
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Disparate Impacts of Job Loss by Parental Income and Implications for Intergenerational Mobility
Martti Kaila | University of Helsinki Emily Nix | Visiting Scholar, Institute Krista Riukula | ETLA Economic Research
September 13, 2021
Research
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Reparations and Persistent Racial Wealth Gaps
Job Boerma | University of Wisconsin-Madison Loukas Karabarbounis | Consultant
June 29, 2021
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Doves for the Rich, Hawks for the Poor? Distributional Consequences of Systematic Monetary Policy
Nils Gornemann | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Keith Kuester | University of Bonn Makoto Nakajima | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
June 29, 2021
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What a $400 emergency expense tells us about the economy
Michael Grover | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
June 11, 2021
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Why Do Couples and Singles Save During Retirement?
Mariacristina De Nardi | Consultant, Institute Eric French | Senior Scholar John Bailey Jones | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Rory McGee | University of Western Ontario and IFS
May 25, 2021
Research
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Labor Market Power
David Berger | Duke University Kyle Herkenhoff | Senior Research Economist Simon Mongey | Senior Research Economist
May 13, 2021
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Monetary Policy and Racial Inequality
Alina K. Bartscher | University of Bonn Moritz Kuhn | University of Bonn, CEPR, and IZA Moritz Schularick | Federal Reserve Bank of New York, University of Bonn, and CEPR Paul Wachtel | New York University Stern School of Business
February 4, 2021
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2020 Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute working papers: A retrospective
Lisa Camner McKay | Writer/Analyst
January 27, 2021
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Wage Risk and Government and Spousal Insurance
Mariacristina De Nardi | Consultant, Institute Giulio Fella | Queen Mary University of London, CEPR, CFM, and IFS Gonzalo Paz-Pardo | European Central Bank
December 22, 2020
Research