INTERSTATE INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES: MEASUREMENT, MODELLING AND SOME CHARACTERISTICS
作者:
Rati Ram,
期刊:
Review of Income and Wealth
(WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 38,
issue 1
页码: 39-48
ISSN:0034-6586
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00400.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Five points are made in this study. First, using a well‐recommended measure,interstateincome inequality is reported for each year from 1950 through 1989, and its very small magnitude is pointed out along with the U‐shaped profile. Second, it is shown that a simple quadratic‐form model fits the data extremely well. Third, inequality indices for 1977 and 1988 are recomputed after adjusting for interstate price‐level variations, and large reductions in the indices, and a virtual disappearance of the increase in inequality after 1978, are noted. Fourth, a simple decomposition shows that income changes account for most of the inequality change in each decade. Last, states that have contributed most to inequality are ide
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