Income Inequality in U.S. Metropolitan Areas: Which Areas Have the Greatest Inequality and Why?

<p>In recent years, much focus has been placed on the high and growing level of income inequality in the United States. This composition begins to fill a void in the existing literature by examining specific urban areas that have particularly high levels of inequality and the characteristics that factor into inequality. In this paper, I construct a qualitative model for a particularly unequal metropolitan area. I then apply the model to a set of U.S. metros that are among the most unequal in the country and share a particular set of characteristics consistent with the model.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Compton, C. Peterson

Contributors dc:contributor

• Markus P. A. Schneider, Ph.D.
• Tracy Mott
• Robert Urquhart
• Eric Boschmann

• Agglomeration
• Cities
• Income
• Inequality
• Metropolitan
• Urban
• Economics
• Geography
• Income Distribution

Statement dc:rights

• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/136

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-1135