Studying Economic Change
Are Robust Regression Procedures Needed?1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2281024 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathy Kassab (Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-375 |
| Publication date | 1990-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-0112 • E-ISSN: 1549-0831 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1990.tb00688.x |
| OpenAlex | W2047493127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
The impact of changing levels of employment in service and manufacturing sectors on community income levels is the subject of this analysis. Ordinary least squares (OLS) and robust regression procedures are used. Aggregate-level income and employment data for 642 communities in the Mid-Atlantic states are extracted from the U.S. Census and Dun and Bradstreet files, respectively, for the 1970-1980 period. Given outliers in the data, robust regression provides a more accurate description than OLS of trends among the majority of communities. Growth in low-wage and high-wage service sectors leads to greater gains in aggregate income among more remotely located places. However among centrally located places, job growth in low-wage services is associated with declines in community income. OLS overestimates the positive impact of manufacturing and the negative effect of service sector growth on community income levels. Implications for differing strategies of economic development are discussed
Census · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Labour economics · Ordinary least squares · Outlier · Population · Regression · Regression analysis · Service (business · Sociology · Statistics · Wage · Demography · Mathematics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
The economic transformation of American cities
Nonmetropolitan America in transition
Regression Diagnostics
A Leisurely Look at the Bootstrap, the Jackknife, and Cross-Validation
Export Services in Postindustrial Society
The Changing Geography of Producer Services Employment in Britain
Local Economies in Transition
Services and Uneven Development
The Nonmetropolitan Population Turnaround
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2002 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |