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Title: The Income-Inequality Relationship within US Metropolitan Areas 1980-2016
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2022
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Abstract: Economic growth might both increase and decrease income inequality, also at the city level. This paper examines the income-inequality relationship within US metropolitan areas and finds that it changes over time. A higher average income per capita level was associated with a lower inequality level in earlier years, but this association vanished later. For the 1980-2000 panel, increases in the average income per capita are associated with decreases in inequality. In contrast, increases in the average income per capita are asso-ciated with increases in inequality in the 2006-2016 panel. The obtained results hint at polarization re-sulting from technological change substituting middle-skill routine tasks.
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Authors: Seifert, Friederike
Periodical (Full): Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research
Issue: 53
Volume: 1
Pages: 67-90
Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare
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