EXPLAINING INTERSTATE VARIATION IN INCOME INEQUALITY

• 成果类型: Note
• 署名作者: BISHOP, JA; FORMBY, JP; THISTLE, PD
• 署名单位: University of North Carolina; East Carolina University; Western Michigan University; University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Birmingham
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.2307/2109501
• 发表日期: 1992-08
• 页码: 553-557
• 关键词: social-welfare; lorenz curves; UNITED-STATES; SHARES; size

摘要

This paper investigates interstate variation in income inequality. By avoiding inequality indices and focusing directly on Lorenz curve, we provide a more general explanation of the differences in inequality. We find that mean family income, the standard deviation of years of schooling, per capita educational expenditure, and property income are robust predictors of inequality. Of particular interest is our finding that, ceteris paribus, higher per capita educational expenditures tend to be associated with states that have income inequality which is greater than the U.S. average.