Living With Inequality

Neighborhood Income Diversity and Perceptions of the Income Gap

Bibliographic Data

ID6180248
AuthorsScott L Minkoff (0000-0002-9435-9078, SUNY New Paltz, corresponding author), Jeffrey Lyons (0009-0009-7931-7206, Boise State University)
Year2019
Volume47
Issue2
Pages329-361
Publication date2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Politics Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-673X • E-ISSN: 1552-3373
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1532673x17733799
OpenAlexW2770891216
LanguageEN
Citations received54
References cited53

This article explores whether the places where people live—and specifically the diversity of incomes where people live—influence views about income inequality. Using a unique survey of New York City that contains geographic identifiers and questions about attitudes toward inequality, coupled with a rich array of Census data, we assess the degree to which the income diversity within spatially customized neighborhood boundaries influences beliefs about inequality. We find consistent evidence that attitudes about inequality are influenced by the places where people live—those who are exposed to more income diversity near their homes perceive larger gaps between the rich and everybody else, and are more likely to believe that the gap should be smaller. Moreover, this effect appears to be especially pronounced among those with lower educational attainment and at either end of the income spectrum

Census · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Educational attainment · Geography · Household income · Income distribution · Inequality · Perception · Population · Sociology · Survey data collection · Demography · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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