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The ‘Banking Desert’ Mirage

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Unbanked households are often imagined to live in urban neighborhoods devoid of banks, but is that really the case? Our map of U.S. banking deserts reveals that most are not in urban areas, where financial exclusion may be endemic, but in actual deserts?largely in the sparsely populated, rural West. Across states, we find that the share of the population in a banking desert is unrelated to the share that is unbanked. If distance from a bank is not what causes financial exclusion, then motivating banks to locate closer to the unbanked may not promote financial inclusion.

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  • Donald P. Morgan & Davy Perlman & Maxim L. Pinkovskiy, 2018. "The ‘Banking Desert’ Mirage," Liberty Street Economics 20180110, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednls:87233
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    banking deserts; financial exclusion; unbanked;
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    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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