Data and Code for Gaming Opportunities: American Indian Casinos, Cash Transfers, and Income Mobility on the Reservation
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University. Bloomberg School of Public Health; Randall Akee, UCLA ; Maggie R. Jones, US Census Bureau
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Project Citation:
Simeonova, Emilia, Akee, Randall , and Jones, Maggie R. Data and Code for Gaming Opportunities: American Indian Casinos, Cash Transfers, and Income Mobility on the Reservation. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-05-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E136562V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We assemble a panel dataset at the individual
level for primary and secondary tax filers residing on AI reservations in 1989. This initial year
predates the entry of most tribal governments
into the Indian gaming industry; the vast majority of tribal casinos began operations after 1989.
We then examine the effect of casino operations
and cash distribution payments from casino revenues on the income-rank evolution of these
individuals over time.1 Year-by-year income
rank is calculated for each year within each
filers’ year-of-birth cohort, and we control for
time-varying filing status, household structure,
and geographic residence in all analyses.
Our results indicate that casino operations
provide an unambiguous increase in family
income rank for those residing on reservations
with an operating casino relative to those on
reservations without a casino. On average, we
find that the presence of an operating casino
increases relative income rank by half a percentage point.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Income;
Native Americans;
Economic Mobility
JEL Classification:
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D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Geographic Coverage:
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