Changes in income inequality within U.S. metropolitan areas / Janice F. Madden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, Janice Fanning.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--United States.

Income distribution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 community isolation on income inequality. After presenting the results of the study she makes some policy recommendations for data analysis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Intro

Contents

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-585-30178-6

OCLC:

228120974