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Title: Income Convergence in a Rural, Majority African-American Region
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2008
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Abstract: This paper revisits the issue of income convergence by examining the question of whether poorer Census Block Groups have been catching up with wealthier Census Block Groups over the 1980-2000 period. The dataset consists of 161 Census Block Groups in Alabamas west-central Black Belt region. Estimates of a spatial lag model provide support for the conditional convergence hypothesis and explain roughly 60 percent of the variation in income growth. Income growth was positively and significantly correlated with education and employment, and negatively and significantly correlated with majority African-American population.
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Authors: Gyawali, Buddhi; Burkenya, James; Schelhas, John; Fraser, Rory
Periodical (Full): The Review of Regional Studies
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Pages: 45-65
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Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other
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