Trends in Economic Inequality: Are U.S. states growing apart?
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Decomposition; Economic Inequality; Income Growth; Theil Index;All these keywords.
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- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
- O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
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