A recent study by Haworth, Long, and Rasmussen (1978) developed the monopoly hypothesis and presented supporting empirical evidence that suggest the Gini measure of total income inequality rises with urban size and growth. This study extends the monopoly hypothesis to apply to the inequality in...

In this study unique measures of underemployment are used to investigate the impact of the service sector on underemployment in a cross-sectional, multivariate analysis of large metropolitan areas in the United States. Underemployment is measured by the inability of labour market participants to...