The Wealth and Asset Holdings of U.S.- Born and Foreign-Born Households: Evidence from SIPP Data

Arbeitspapier

SIPP data are used to analyze the wealth of the U.S. foreign-born population. We find that the median wealth level of U.S.-born couples is 2.3 times the median of foreign-born couples, while the median wealth level of U.S.-born singles is three times that of foreign-born singles. Further, there is a great deal of diversity in wealth within the immigrant population. Diversity in net worth manifests itself primarily in source-region differences, while entry-cohort is more closely related to portfolio choices. Established immigrants hold less and recent immigrants hold more financial wealth. An opposite pattern emerges with respect to real estate equity.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 674

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions ; Demographic Economics: General ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: immigrants ; wealth ; asset portfolios ; Vermögensverteilung ; Kapitalanlage ; Einwanderung ; Schätzung ; Vereinigte Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. ; Hildebrand, Vincent A.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20820
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET