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How the racial wealth gap has evolved—and why it persists
Lisa Camner McKay | Writer/Analyst, Institute
October 3, 2022
Article
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Urban-Biased Growth: A Macroeconomic Analysis
Fabian Eckert | University of California, San Diego Sharat Ganapati | Georgetown University Conor Walsh | Columbia Business School
September 29, 2022
Research
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Higher wages, more flexible schedules, better benefits: Employers desperate for workers seek the right mix of incentives
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
September 27, 2022
Article
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Spatial Structural Change
Fabian Eckert | University of California, San Diego Michael Peters | Visiting Scholar, Institute
September 22, 2022
Research
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Comparing colleges—and their students—across the globe
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
September 19, 2022
Article
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Conversations with the Fed: The Complex Economics of Growing Old
Mariacristina De Nardi | Consultant, Institute
Event on August 31, 2022
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Data from a Native CDFI yield new insights on wealth gap in Indian Country
D.L. Feir | CICD Research Fellow Elijah Moreno | Senior Research Assistant, Community Development and Engagement Lakota Vogel | Four Bands Community Fund
August 3, 2022
Article
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Wealth of Two Nations: The U.S. Racial Wealth Gap, 1860-2020
Ellora Derenoncourt | Visiting Scholar, Institute Chi Hyun Kim | University of Bonn Moritz Kuhn | University of Bonn, CEPR, and IZA Moritz Schularick | University of Bonn and Sciences Po Paris
June 10, 2022
Research
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Can the minimum wage combat employers’ labor market power?
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
June 3, 2022
Article
Working Papers
Reparations and Persistent Racial Wealth Gaps
Job Boerma | University of Wisconsin-Madison Loukas Karabarbounis | Consultant
May 13, 2022
Research
Three generations of people sitting in a field, thinking about priorities
The complex economics of growing old
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
May 2, 2022
Article
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Regional Economic Conditions: Worker Experience Survey
Ron Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach
Event on April 19, 2022
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