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Title: Income Inequality in US Metropolitan Areas 1980 – 2010

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2022

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Abstract: Income inequality remains a deeply controversial and widely misunderstood socio-economic issue within the United States. This research investigated how much (if any) inequality existed among the various racial groups within US Metropolitan Areas between 1980 and 2010. Using over 32 million census records from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), variables for occupational diversity, educational attainment, income category, and income inequality (GINI) were constructed from the sample. Frequency distributions were calculated for each variable and the relationships between the variables were measured using Pearson correlations. Findings from this analysis provide strong empirical evidence that, although inequality increased in general over the sample period, the inequality gap between Whites and non-Whites is closing. The gap is closing not because non-Whites are “replacing” Whites but, more likely, because non-Whites are “replicating” successful economic strategies used by Whites.

Url: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2758375431/abstract/2ECB3378C885440FPQ/1?accountid=14586

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Authors: Mosquito, Rodney J

Institution: Saint Louis University

Department: Public Policy Analysis

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Publisher Location: Saint Louis

Pages: 1-180

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Population Data Science, Race and Ethnicity

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