Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What Can Be Done About It

While women earn 79 cents on the dollar compared to men, they own just 32 cents, and Black women own pennies compared to white men and white women. Paper analyzes different causes for the gender wealth gap and strategies for narrowing it.

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