TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
AU  - Hildebrand, Vincent A.
        TI  - The Wealth of Mexican Americans
        PY  - 2004/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1150
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1150
        AB  - This paper analyzes the sources of disparities in the relative wealth position of Mexican
Americans. Results reveal that wealth gaps are in large part not the result of differences in
conditional expected wealth functions. Similarly, income differentials are important, but do not
play the primary role in explaining the gap in median net worth. As much or more of Mexican
Americans’ wealth disadvantage is attributable to the fact that these families have more
young children and heads who are younger. Furthermore, Mexican Americans’ low
educational attainment has a direct effect in producing a wealth gap relative to other ethnic
groups (even after differences in income are taken into account) though education does not
significantly affect the nativity wealth gap. Finally, geographic concentration is generally
unimportant, but does contribute to narrowing the wealth gap between wealthy Mexican
Americans and their white and black counterparts.
        KW  - Mexican Americans
KW  - wealth
        ER  -