Data and Code for: "Trends in U.S. Spatial Inequality: Concentrating Affluence and a Democratization of Poverty"

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Cecile Gaubert, University of California-Berkeley; Patrick Kline, University of California-Berkeley; Damian Vergara, University of California-Berkeley; Danny Yagan, University of California-Berkeley

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Project Citation:

Gaubert, Cecile, Kline, Patrick, Vergara, Damian, and Yagan, Danny. Data and Code for: “Trends in U.S. Spatial Inequality: Concentrating Affluence and a Democratization of Poverty.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-05-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E130741V1

Project Description

Summary:

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 incomes have been diverging since the late 1970s. These trends in mean income mask opposing patterns among top and bottom income quantiles. Top incomes have diverged markedly across states since the late 1970s. In contrast, bottom income quantiles and poverty rates have converged across areas in recent decades.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      E01 Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
      H20 Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
      R10 General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data)

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