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Regional differences in inequality and income distribution in the United States

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  • Salvatore, Dominick
  • Campano, Fred

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The Consumer Expenditure Survey makes it possible to disaggregate the income distribution of the whole country into four regional groups. This paper fits models over the regional summary tables of consuming units between income levels. The regional measures of central tendency are compared, and the mode, not normally published by the Census, is added. It also examines how the fulfillment of a federal government policy to pass on income to the poorer segments of the society could be financed if the cost of the subsidy is extracted by taxing a wealthy segment of the society.

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  • Salvatore, Dominick & Campano, Fred, 2022. "Regional differences in inequality and income distribution in the United States," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 44(4), pages 780-789.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jpolmo:v:44:y:2022:i:4:p:780-789
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2022.09.010
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    1. Emmanuel Saez & Gabriel Zucman, 2020. "Trends in US Income and Wealth Inequality: Revising After the Revisionists," Working Papers halshs-03022102, HAL.
    2. Singh, S K & Maddala, G S, 1976. "A Function for Size Distribution of Incomes," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 44(5), pages 963-970, September.
    3. Campano, Fred & Salvatore, Dominick, 2006. "Income Distribution," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195300918.
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    Keywords

    Federal redistribution policy; Income distribution by regions; Implicit regional income transfers; Redistribution by taxing the wealthy;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D33 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Factor Income Distribution
    • E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

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