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Title: Time to Stop Racing Cars: The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Buying and Using a Car

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: For most households in the United States a car is vital not only for physical mobility but also for economic mobility. Car access improves families’ economic outcomes in a variety of ways. In the short term, having a car provides access to more and better job opportunities and expanded affordable housing options. In the long term, research has shown shorter commute times, which are often possible only with a car, to be one of the strongest factors in helping families escape poverty.1 Transportation has a stronger role in social mobility than other community characteristics, including elementary school test scores, percentage of two-parent families, or crime.2 In addition to shorter commute times, access to a car often means access to childhood extracurricular opportunities, better food options, and medical care in most areas of the country. Given the importance of cars, it is deeply concerning that a number of analyses have shown that the costs of buying, financing, and using a car vary based on the consumer’s race or ethnicity. These studies have shown . . .

Url: https://www.nclc.org/images/pdf/car_sales/report-time-to-stop-racing-cars-april2019.pdf

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Authors: Alst, John Van

Publisher: National Consumer Law Center

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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