Changes in income distribution are estimated for the U.S. South over the 1970 and 1980 decades using Gini coefficients for county-level, real family income. To explicitly investigate causal relationships between economic growth and inequality, a two-stage least squares model was estimated. In...

This paper analyzes the relationship between income inequality and economic growth within the United States using state-level data. It describes income inequality in the U.S. since 1960, then employs a two-step causal model to test the institutionalist contention that income inequality leads to...

Estimates of income levels and income inequality in the United States in 1988, 1995, and 1999 are presented based on a dataset created by a statistical match of Internal Revenue Service and decennial Census data. In addition, estimates are presented of income levels and income distribution in...

This paper studies the spatial distribution of household income inequality across 722 U.S. local labor markets—or Commuting Zones—from 2005–2019. The Theil index, its within and between components, and the decomposition of the within component into a shared and differentiated structure are...