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This article analyzes Social Security benefits as a retirement resource for selected subgroups of recent cohorts of near-retirees. The analysis therein examines the distribution of benefits among subgroups by (1) [...]

Summary White households in the United States are far wealthier than black or Hispanic households, a disparity that remains unexplained even after taking into account income and demographic factors. This [...]

This article focuses on the relationship between women's economic status earlier in their lives and their poverty status in old age. Previous research on the determinants of poverty among aged [...]

Presents a study which examined racial and ethnic differences in housing equity in the U.S. Examination of total wealth by household income; Percentage of financial wealth of households; Analysis of risky assets by educational level.