In doing so, we use two alternative measures of inequality: the Top 1% share of income and the Gini coefficient. This provides new insight on the literature of income inequality across the U.S. states. Several empirical findings emerge. First, a heterogeneous evolution of inequality exists ...
Re: “Income inequality grew in Seattle since the pandemic, new data shows” [Sept. 23, Local News]: Yes, too many of us are barely able to make ends meet. As a senior with a very low income, I currently spend approximately 70% of my monthly income on my rent. I am fortunate t...
Income inequality in the United State remained relatively stable for a period of nearly forty years. Beginning in the 1970’s, however, this period of stability ended, as the first signs of widening income inequality became apparent. Over the course of the 1970’s and 1980’s , an increasing...
Weighted multilevel modelling was used to determine if US state-level income inequality (measured by the Gini coefficient) was a significant predictor of depression at baseline and at follow-up, while controlling for individual-level and state-level covariates. We also repeated the longitudinal ...
Women's appearance enhancement is driven partly by status anxiety and income inequality, according to new research. Researchers at the universities of Melbourne and New South Wales have examined the relationship betweenincome inequality, status anxiety and sexualisation ofwomen. ...
EM Zampelli,ST Yen - 《Journal of Economic Inequality》 被引量: 0发表: 2021年 Club convergence of per capita disposable income in the United States This paper examines the long‐run trends in perヽapita income across the US states (1995–2018). Contrary to the majority of the literature on...
Kim Rueben, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, said the rise of untaxed purchases might have squeezed state revenue even if income inequality hadn't widened. "Sales taxes are being eroded by the fact that we're moving to a services economy, and people are buying far more on the Int...
Though the United States is by far the wealthiest country in the world, income and wealth inequality exist throughout the nation, which can be evidenced in the difference in median income and poverty throughout the states as well as by gender and race across the board. ...
Though the United States is by far the wealthiest country in the world, income and wealth inequality exist throughout the nation, which can be evidenced in the difference in median income and poverty throughout the states as well as by gender and race across the board. ...
In seeking to extend the median voter approach, the article takes into account two additional variables: the level of electoral turnout and the degree to which turnout is skewed by income. The analysis confirms that pre-government inequality is indeed positively related to state redistribution. ...