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The Evolution of Income Disparities across US Metropolitan Statistical Areas

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  • Licia Ferranna

    (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics)

  • Margherita Gerolimetto

    (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics)

  • Stefano Magrini

    (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics)

Abstract

The paper investigates how the spatial evolution of core-based city regions affects the dynamics of income disparities across Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States between 1971 and 2010. Treating initially non-metropolitan counties as part of the functional economic system for the whole time period changes the internal composition of average per capita personal income thus biasing convergence analysis. The paper analyses the dynamics of the cross-sectional distribution of per capita personal income by comparing different methods to define MSAs over time. The results show that a cluster of high income economies emerges when MSAs are allowed to evolve spatially.

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  • Licia Ferranna & Margherita Gerolimetto & Stefano Magrini, 2016. "The Evolution of Income Disparities across US Metropolitan Statistical Areas," Working Papers 2016:25, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari".
    • Handle: RePEc:ven:wpaper:2016:25
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    1. Licia Ferranna & Margherita Gerolimetto & Stefano Magrini, 2016. "Urban Governance Structure and Wage Disparities across US Metropolitan Areas," Working Papers 2016:26, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari".

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    Keywords

    Convergence; Metropolitan Statistical Areas; Distribution Dynamics; Decentralization;
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    JEL classification:

    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General

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