Tag: Housing
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If the difference in men and women’s pay is a gap, then the wealth difference can only be described as a chasm. Women earn 80 cents for each dollar a man earns. But a woman has 32 cents of net worth to a man’s dollar. One byproduct of the #MeToo movement is the fresh light…
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One thing really stood out in a recent study: the deterioration in Hispanics’ retirement prospects since the 2008-2009 recession. Workers’ success at saving for retirement is becoming increasingly important to their financial security in old age. This puts Hispanic households at a clear disadvantage: they earn half as much as white households, which makes it…