Changes in income inequality within U.S. metropolitan areas /

Annotation Examining changes in poverty rates, household income inequality, and wage inequality for 182 metropolitan statistical areas in the 1980s, Madden (urban studies and sociology, U. of Pennsylvania) specifically focuses on the effects of demographics, wages and salaries, and neighborhood or c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madden, Janice Fanning
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2000.
Temas:
Income distribution > United States.
Revenu > Répartition > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Income distribution.
Inkomensverdeling.
Stedelijke gebieden.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • The Author
  • 1
  • Income Inequality, Earnings Inequality, and Poverty
  • 2
  • Why Poverty Rates and Income and Earnings Distributions Change: A Survey of Explanations
  • 3
  • The Data and the Variables
  • 4
  • Measuring Effects of MSA Characteristics on Income Distribution
  • 5
  • Sources of Household Income Inequality
  • 6
  • A More Detailed Study of Household Income and Individual Earnings Inequality
  • 7
  • Sources of MSA Poverty
  • 8
  • The Concentration of Poverty in the Central City
  • 9
  • The Role of the Macro-Environment in Poverty and Household Income Inequality.
  • Appendix
  • Supplementary Tables
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • About the Institute.

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