"Measuring Interstate and Interregional Income Inequality In the United" by Edward Nissan and George Carter
 

Measuring Interstate and Interregional Income Inequality In the United States

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-1994

School

Interdisciplinary Studies and Professional Development

Abstract

Interstate and interregional income inequality are reported for each year from 1929 to 1990 using a measure that belongs to the entropy family. It was found that a substantial reduction in inequality occurred between the early 1930s and mid-J970s, followed by a slight increase thereafter for both interstate and interregion. In particular, interregional inequality as a percentage of total interstate was reduced from approximately 85% in the 1940s to approximately 55% in the mid-1980s, increasing thereafter to 61% in 1990.

Publication Title

Economic Development Quarterly

Volume

8

Issue

4

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