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('agglomeration'), that this effect is stronger for the top of the income distribution ('polarization'), and that household income …
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This paper examines the relationship between city size, migration, and urban income inequality using the 1% sample of the 2005 Census in the People's Republic of China (PRC). We calculate various measures of within-city income inequality for 252 PRC cities. It is found that city income...
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Urbanisation in Ethiopia is increasing rapidly. This paper uses city-level data to investigate the evolution of …
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Australia has seen large rises in living standards over the last decades across the whole of the income distribution. Technological change and international trade have contributed to this success, but have also brought structural change. Some industries have declined, while others flourished....
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also uneven across space, it also seems relevant to wonder about the effects of the geographic agglomeration of economic … activity. Moreover, it seems relevant to consider not only the levels of inequality and agglomeration, but also their change … specifications and introducing different measures for agglomeration at country level, especially urbanization and urban concentration …
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We use non-parametric distribution dynamics techniques to reassess the convergence of per capita personal income (PCPI) across U.S. states and across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan portions of states for the period 1969-2005. The long-run distribution of PCPI is bimodal for both states and...
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