Income and cost of living
Are less equal places more costly
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10763103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harrison S Campbell (0000-0001-9614-5017, Department of Geography & Earth Sciences University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte North Carolina USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 2689-2705 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-4941 • E-ISSN: 1540-6237 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ssqu.13017 |
| OpenAlex | W3197071360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 49 |
Objective This study empirically investigates the impact of economic inequality on the cost of living in U.S. metropolitan areas. Methods Using a special Census tabulation, a standard cost‐of‐living model is sequentially augmented with measures of poverty and income inequality in a cross‐sectional regression analysis of 90 metropolitan areas; interaction and regional effects are also explored. Results Higher costs of living are associated with increasing economic inequality, especially in the distribution of metropolitan income. The effects of household poverty are significant but less consistent. Conclusions Reducing economic inequality would produce benefits enjoyed by all metropolitan residents via lower living costs. The benefits are likely to be greater in large, fast growing areas where income disparities are pronounced
Census · Cost of living · Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Geography · Household income · Income distribution · Inequality · Metropolitan area · Population · Poverty · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Standard of living · Demography · Housing Market and Economics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |