Differences in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan U.S. family income inequality: a cross-county comparison

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to examine trends and causes of the inequality between urban and national income. This investigation relied on data culled from the 1990 Census for over 3,000 counties and independent cities. To be exact, the sample consisted of 743 metropolitan and 2,366 nonmetropolitan counties. By using county data, this study extends the literature on the subject which has mostly focused on national, state and metropolitan data. Moreover, the inclusion of both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties helps in ascertaining differences in income inequality in these areas after a host of characteristics have been controlled for. In addition, this study is unique because it also assesses if counties that went through recent structural shifts in industry composition have greater inequality. Results are discussed.

Research, Income distribution, Local finance, County government

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The waxing and waning of regional economies: the chicken-egg question of jobs versus people

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An issue, whether people follow newly created jobs into regions, or jobs follow arrived migrant, is discussed. By constructing Structural Vector Auto Regression (SVAR) models for the 48 contiguous states it was revealed that labor-demand shocks are more important than migration labor-supply shocks.

Immigrants, Economic conditions

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Intra-metropolitan shifts in labor demand and the adjustment of local markets

Article Abstract:

Workers with less education make incomplete adjustments within metropolitan areas in response to intra-metropolitan demand shifts. African Americans have suffered deleterious effects disproportionately from job movements due to the demand shifts that tend to be away from their places of residence.

Economic aspects, African Americans, Emigration and immigration, Metropolitan areas

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