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Earnings Inequality in the Nonmetropolitan United States: 1967–1990 1
Author(s) -
Tolbert Charles M.,
Lyson Thomas A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
rural sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1549-0831
pISSN - 0036-0112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1992.tb00475.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , inequality , restructuring , earnings , demographic economics , economics , economic inequality , population , social inequality , economic restructuring , economic growth , development economics , geography , sociology , demography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , accounting , archaeology , finance
Nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) inequality patterns are contrasted with those of metropolitan (metro) areas to assess the utility of neoclassical and restructuring theoretical frameworks. Inequality measures are constructed from March Current Population Surveys for the years 1968–1991. Results indicate that inequality is greater in nonmetro areas than in metro areas. Results of decomposition procedures suggest that the observed inequality is due to a mix of neoclassical and restructuring factors that account for more inequality in metro than nonmetro areas. National policies must take account of metro/nonmetro differences in patterns and sources of inequality.