Affiliations: [a] Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY 14853, USA. Tel.: +1 607 255 9022; Fax: +1 607 255 0318; Email:
whw2@cornell.edu
| [b] Department of Sociology, Wellesley College, 106
Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02181, USA. Tel.: +1 617 283 2137; Email:
ewilder@wellesley.edu
Note: [1] A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting
of the Population Association of America. We are grateful for the advice and
assistance of Calvin Goldscheider, Alice Goldstein, Sidney Goldstein, David
Meyer, Donna Souza, Gayle Surrette, Kenneth Wilder and Alan Zuckerman. NJPS
data were provided by the Program in Judaic Studies at Brown University.
Abstract: We estimate the real and relative income of American Jewish households using data
from the National Jewish Population Surveys of 1970–1971 and 1990. While the
median real income of American Jewish households did not change significantly
from 1969 to 1989, lower-income Jewish households (those with no workers and
those with predominantly older persons) experienced dramatic real income growth.
At the same time, the average Jewish income advantage declined due to the rising
incomes of other urban, non-Hispanic white households.
