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  1. Mar 12, 2024 · US Department of Labor releases research on continued economic effects of job segregation, pay disparities on Black, Hispanic women. WASHINGTON – New research released today by the U.S. Department of Labor reveals that Black women lost $42.7 billion in wages compared to white men in 2023, and Hispanic women lost $53.3 billion in wages.

  2. Mar 21, 2018 · Let me be very clear: This does not mean there is no income gap between white and black women. There very much is. In 2016, white women working full time and all year earned $57,559 on average...

    • Dylan Matthews
  3. July 2022. Abstract. Using data from the 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances and the U.S. Census Bureau, along with data and research from other sources, this paper presents seven economic facts about the racial wealth gap in the U.S. We present data on racial disparities in income, employment, homeownership, education, access to credit, and ...

  4. Sep 5, 2017 · But nearly continuous divergence in earnings since that time has opened a more sizable gap; in 2016, the average black woman earned about 82% of what the average white woman earned. Wilson and Rodgers (2016) find similar trends in widening black-white earnings gaps. Looking behind the earnings gap.

  5. Jul 1, 2016 · For example, white women narrowed the wage gap in median hourly earnings by 22 cents from 1980 (when they earned, on average, 60 cents for every dollar earned by a white man) to 2015 (when they earned 82 cents). By comparison, black women only narrowed that gap by 9 cents, from earning 56 cents for every dollar earned by a white man in 1980 to ...

    • Eileen Patten
  6. Sep 29, 2021 · For example, families headed by Black and Hispanic women owned just 5 and 10 cents, respectively, for every dollar of median wealth held by families headed by white men. White women had 56 cents in median wealth for every dollar held by white men–a smaller gap, though still quite daunting.

  7. Jun 25, 2020 · The black-white wage gap shrunk substantially from 1950 to 1980, and especially during the 1960s. Civil-rights laws and a decline in legally sanctioned racism most likely played some role.

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