Dumond, J Michael; Hirsch, Barry T; Macpherson, David A - In: Economic Inquiry 37 (1999) 4, pp. 577-98
Wage differential studies rarely account for interarea differences in cost of living, owing both to data limitations and theoretical ambiguity. This study develops a price index for 185 metropolitan areas comprising about 70% of the U.S. labor force. Current Population Survey data for 1985-95...