Racial Disparities in US Income Shares and Mobility

Abstract

Race Matters in U.S. Article Summary Akee, Randall, Maggie R. Jones, and Sonya R. Porter. "Race matters: Income shares, income inequality, and income mobility for all U.S. races." Demography 56.3 (2019): 999-1021. "Race matters: Income shares, income inequality, and income mobility for all U.S. races" is an article compiled by Randall Akee, Maggie R. Jones, and Sonya R. Porter. The article was published online on April 3rd, 2019, which defines the credibility of its timeline in addressing the topic of study. Akee, the senior author of this article, serves as a Professor in the Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies at UCLA, which defines his credibility in addressing race as the topic of the study. Akees' knowledge of race matters in the American context is defined by his urge to analyze the people of color with his research ranging from American Indian reservations to Native Hawaiian communities. Maggie R. Jones, on the other hand, is a qualified economist and policy analyst whose urge to understand the extent that race defines inequalities amongst Americans cannot be ignored. Sonya is also an economist whose involvement in policy analysis is well defined, with a particular interest in understanding the income inequalities experienced by Americans due to racial discrimination. In their article, these authors address the impact of race on income matters for all American populace which defines all people within the United States and especially those entitled to any income shares as their primary target audiences. Akee, Jones, and Porter (1002) hypothesis that race serves as a primary determinant of privileges entitled to Americans: income being among the major. After a 14years income tax data filter, the authors confirm that Whites enjoy the benefit of income increments in almost all areas of income generations, with the African...