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Table 5 Fixed-effects estimates of the ownership likelihood of various components of financial wealth

From: The impact of the recession on the wealth of older immigrant and native households in the United States

Panel A – Dependent variable: likelihood of owning various components of financial wealth

 

Financial wealth in:

Key regressors

Financial wealth

Stocks, mutual funds, investment trusts

Checking, savings, money market

CDs, saving bonds, T-bills

Bonds, bond funds, other savings

Non-housing financial debt

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Post-Recession

−0.019

 

−0.046***

 

−0.029**

 

−0.067***

 

−0.007

 

0.016

 
 

(0.015)

 

(0.016)

 

(0.013)

 

(0.017)

 

(0.017)

 

(0.017)

 

Post*Migrant HH

−0.049

1.78

0.014

4.13**

−0.069**

5.53***

0.006

7.77***

−0.004

0.10

−0.038

0.93

 

(0.036)

(0.028)

(0.030)

(0.027)

(0.031)

(0.036)

Post*Mixed HH

−0.038

1.80

0.019

4.20**

−0.046**

4.54***

−0.013

8.14***

0.006

0.11

−0.033

0.99

 

(0.027)

(0.027)

(0.024)

(0.026)

(0.027)

(0.031)

N

9,933

 

9,933

 

9,933

 

9,933

 

9,933

 

9,933

 

Dep. Var. Mean

0.777

 

0.314

 

0.873

 

0.254

 

0.241

 

0.321

 

Panel B – Dependent variable: likelihood of owning various components of net total wealth

 

Financial wealth in:

 

Primary home

Secondary home

Other real estate

Businesses

Vehicles

IRAs/Keogh plans

 

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Coef. (S.E.)

F-stat

Post-Recession

−0.028***

 

−0.005

 

−0.028**

 

0.001

 

−0.031

 

−0.030**

 
 

(0.009)

 

(0.008)

 

(0.013)

 

(0.011)

 

(0.009)

 

(0.015)

 

Post*Migrant HH

−0.009

5.55***

−0.005

0.22

−0.018

2.75*

−0.017

0.39

−0.045*

8.34***

0.038

2.98**

 

(0.021)

(0.015)

(0.024)

(0.020)

(0.023)

(0.030)

Post*Mixed HH

0.004

5.53***

0.012

0.44

0.022

2.82*

0.015

0.27

−0.001

6.16***

0.035

2.91*

 

(0.013)

(0.016)

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.015)

(0.026)

N

9,907

9,933

9,933

9,933

9,933

9,933

Dep. Var. Mean

0.896

0.058

0.175

0.142

0.942

0.479

  1. Notes: The regressions include a constant term as well as the same regressors included in Table 4. * indicates significance at the 10% level, ** indicates significance at the 5% level and *** indicates significance at the 1% level. Standard errors are robust.