Recent Trends in the Size Distribution of Household Wealth
基于消费者金融调查数据，研究发现美国1980年代财富不平等加剧，1990年代继续但速度放缓；仅前20%家庭实际财富增长，其余群体财富缩水，种族和代际差距扩大。
Based on the Survey of Consumer Finances, the distribution of wealth in the United States became much more unequal in the 1980s and that trend continued, albeit at a slower pace, in the 1990s. The only households that saw their mean net worth rise in absolute terms between 1983 and 1995 were those in the top 20 percent and the gains were particularly strong for the top one percent. All other groups were particularly strong for the top one percent. All other groups suffered real wealth losses, including the median household, and declines were particularly precipitous at the bottom. Racial disparities widened, and young households also lost out over this period.