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Lower real income and higher poverty for Asian Americans in 2023

Real median income, or income that accounts for inflation, of American households increased by +4.0% to $80,610 in 2023…

Asian American household spending and expenses

What are the buying habits or expenditures of Asian American households? Does the average Asian American household pay more…

How to handle a wage gap when you earn more than your partner

As a certified dating and relationship coach and former lawyer and mediator, I see more and more couples face…

Why perceived talent is rewarded over hard work

Is being perceived as hard-working a good thing? Not always, says research on naturalness bias – the preference for talent over hard work. When naturalness bias occurs in the workplace, it can be deeply unfair and costly.

Profile of Asian American and international homebuyers

The Asian American homeownership rate has hit a new high at 63% in 2022 and is varied across Asian…

Demographics and Socioeconomics of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“U.S. Treasury”) held its inaugural AANHPI Economice Summit on May 7, 2024. MyAsianVoice…

Ethnic diversity is still a serious issue at the top level in accounting firms

As educators and researchers, my colleagues and I aimed to gain insights into the work environment of ethnic minority…

The subtle way cultural bias affects job interviews

Job applicants who want to appear calm and collected might be at a disadvantage. According to a Stanford study,…

Education does not resolve gender wage gap according to data from the U.S. Census

Men earn more than women even when both have bachelor’s degrees in the same field, according to new data…

Foreign-born CEOs are fired more often and CEOs with favorable surnames are paid more

Recent studies found bias on corporate boards. Foreign-born CEOs, defined as CEOs born outside the country of the firms…

Fear of competition? Research shows that when Asian students move in, White families move out

In wealthy, educated communities, evidence emerges of a new form of “white flight.” A recent study of wealthy California…

Wealth of Asian families broken out for the first time in Fed’s Survey of Consumer Finances

The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is a tri-annual survey sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board and conducted by…

AG report finds Asian, Black, and Latino New Yorkers are less likely to own a home and face higher barriers to financing

New York State’s Office of the Attorney General released on October 31, 2023, a new report detailing deep racial…

From Chinatowns to ethnoburbs and beyond, where Chinese people settle reflects changing wealth levels and political climates

We are researchers who study international migration. The origins, demographics and settlement patterns of the approximately 60 million people…

Most super rich couples have breadwinning husbands and stay-at-home wives, contrasting sharply with everyone else

Men are the sole breadwinners in over half of super rich heterosexual couples – defined as those in the…

Asian Americans lag in owning homes

Asian Americans lag behind in homeownership and face discrimination in the mortgage market. This reality busts the Model Minority…

U.S. immigration policy and high Asian incomes

Thanks to selective U.S. Immigration policy that prefers highly skilled, highly educated applicants, Asian Americans have the highest median…

Pay Equity: States with pay transparency laws

It’s clear that pay transparency will continue to increase in the U.S. A recent report by Indeed, a leading…