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THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME IN U.S. SMSAs, 1959

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An attempt is made in this paper to identify and quantify the relative influence of several economic, social, and demographic factors on variations in the size distribution of family incomes in 208 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) in the United States in 1959. Using a simple ordinary least squares model with Gini's concentration ratio (R) as the proxy for family income inequality, the estimating equations explain up to 89 percent of the SMSA‐to‐SMSA variation. The “best” explanatory variables are those having to do with size of nonwhite population, occupational structure, and median years of education. City size and region—which are represented by dummy variables—are also revealed as playing an important role, both on their own and in conjunction with other of the independent variables.

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  • Michael Farbman, 1975. "THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME IN U.S. SMSAs, 1959," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 21(2), pages 217-237, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:21:y:1975:i:2:p:217-237
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1975.tb00690.x
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    1. David Castells‐Quintana & Vicente Royuela & Paolo Veneri, 2020. "Inequality and city size: An analysis for OECD functional urban areas," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(4), pages 1045-1064, August.
    2. Lewis A. Soroka, 1984. "City Size and Income Distributions: The Canadian Experience," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 21(4), pages 359-366, November.
    3. Gershon Alperovich, 1995. "The Relationship between Income Inequality and City Size: A General Equilibrium Model of an Open System of Cities Approach," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 32(6), pages 853-862, June.
    4. Barry T. Hirsch, 1982. "Income Distribution, City Size and Urban Growth: a Final Re-examination," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 19(1), pages 71-74, February.
    5. Charles T. Haworth & James E. Long & David W. Rasmussen, 1978. "Income Distribution, City Size, and Urban Growth," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, February.
    6. Lewis A. Soroka, 1987. "Male/Female Income Distributions, City Size and Urban Characteristics: Canada, 1970-1980," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 24(5), pages 417-426, October.
    7. Martin Korpi, 2008. "Does size of local labour markets affect wage inequality? a rank-size rule of income distribution," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 8(2), pages 211-237, March.

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