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Spatial Cost of Living Indices and the Distribution of Public Goods

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  • Timothy L. Hamilton

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This paper develops cost of living (COL) indices that vary across space. While conventional indices adjust for differences in prices, the COL defined here also reflects access to public goods. This analysis relies on the structure of a residential sorting model to estimate the COL index for each of 226 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in 1990 and 2000 in the United States. Empirical results show significant differences in the COL across the spatial landscape. This paper focuses on the Gini coefficient as a measure of inequality to demonstrate the distribution of public goods across the population.

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  • Timothy L. Hamilton, 2015. "Spatial Cost of Living Indices and the Distribution of Public Goods," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 91(4), pages 762-782.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:91:y:2015:i:4:p:762-782
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.91.4.762
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    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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