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Regional Income Inequality In A Developed Nation: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Australian Sub-State Regions

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  • Mark S. McGillivray

    (Deakin University)

  • Matthew Peter

    (University of Melbourne)

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This paper focuses on patterns of income inequality among Australian sub-state regions for the census years 1976, 1981, and 1986. Using single-equation econometric techniques, its principal objective is to explain these patterns. Like a number of previous studies, we hypothesize that the level of sub-state regional inequality is a function of the level of regional development We also consider the importance of a number of other factors to regional income inequality, including: labor market and demographic and geographic characteristics. Our results indicate that these factors do impact the level of Australian sub-state regional inequality of incomes.

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  • Mark S. McGillivray & Matthew Peter, 1991. "Regional Income Inequality In A Developed Nation: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Australian Sub-State Regions," The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association, vol. 21(2), pages 137-151, Summer.
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