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Title: The Equity Solution: Racial Inclusion is Key to Growing a Strong New Economy

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Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: This brief offers new research to inform the debate about equity and the future of the American economy. Using data on income by race, we calculate what total earnings and economic output would have been for the nation in 2012 if racial differences were eliminated and all groups had similar average incomes as non-Hispanic whites. This analysis does not assume that everyone has the same income, rather that the income distributions do not differ by race and ethnicity. We also examine how much of the income gap is attributable to wage differences versus employment differences (measured by hours worked).

Url: http://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/242/docs/Equity_Solution_FINAL.pdf

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Authors: Treuhaft, Sarah; Scoggins, Justin; Tran, Jennifer

Publisher: PERE: USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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