Income Polarization Between the Central Cities and Suburbs of U.S. Metropolises, 1950–1980

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ID7579178
AuthorsMorton D Winsberg (Florida State University, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume48
Issue1
Pages3-10
Publication date1989-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1536-7150.1989.tb02082.x
OpenAlexW2092248447
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited3

A bstract . Through an examination between 1950 and 1980 of household income in central cities and suburbs of the 37 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States. was found that considerable polarization of household income groups had occurred. By 1980 the median share of the poorest within the total households of the central cities had risen to well over double the share of the group in the total households of the suburbs. The share of the wealthiest households in the total for the suburbs rose to double that of that group's share of the total central cities households. No generalizations could be made which would explain the degree nor the rate of polarization, though a number of socioeconomic variables were tested

Archaeology · Central city · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Household income · Metropolitan area · Polarization (electrochemistry) · Population · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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