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Title: Secular Trends and Spatial Clusters of Inequality in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1970 to 1990
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2001
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Abstract: Using the United States Census Public Use Microdata Sample, I quantify the statistically significant determinants of wage inequality among cities, taking into account demographic, labor market conditions and economic structure. For a wide labor market dependent variable such as Ginis concentration ratio, the primary determinants of wage inequality levels are demographic and labor market characteristics. When inequality is mapped, clear spatial patterns emerge. First, high or low inequality is not embedded in individual cities over time, but rather moves among cities in a state. Second, high inequality cities are consistently found in the states of California, Utah, Minnesota, Iowa, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and South Carolina. However the statistically significant determinants of inequality differ among these cities creating two distinct groups, those cities with high percentages of foreign born and self-employed workers, and those with high percentages of foreign born and low percentages of full time workers. Third, low inequality cities are consistently found in the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. There is no apparent pattern among the statistically significant variables. However the states with low inequality cities appear to cluster in the industrial crescent of the United States.
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Authors: Cossman, Ronald Edward
Institution: University of Colorado
Department: Department of Geography
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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Publisher Location: Boulder, CO
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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity
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