Gaubert, Cecile; Kline, Patrick; Vergara, Damián; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We study trends in income inequality across U.S. states and counties 1960-2019 using a mix of administrative and survey data sources. Both states and counties have diverged in terms of per-capita pre-tax incomes since the late 1990s, with transfers serving to dampen this divergence. County...