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Income Levels And Inequality in Metropolitan Areas: A Comparative Approach in OECD Countries

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  • Justine Boulant

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  • Monica Brezzi

    (OECD)

  • Paolo Veneri

    (OECD)

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This paper assesses levels and distribution of household disposable income in OECD metropolitan areas. All indicators were produced through a dedicated data collection, which, for most countries, uses administrative data from tax records available at detailed local scale (i.e. municipalities, local authorities, counties, etc.). Using different estimation techniques, we provide internationally comparable figures for 216 OECD metropolitan areas. The results highlight stark differences in both income levels and inequality within metropolitan areas, even for those belonging to the same country. Larger metropolitan areas feature, on average, higher levels of household disposable income but also higher income inequality. The paper then provides a measure of spatial segregation, or the extent to which households with similar incomes concentrate within a metropolitan area. On the governance side, the paper finds a stable and positive relationship between administratively fragmented metropolitan areas and spatial segregation by income.

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  • Justine Boulant & Monica Brezzi & Paolo Veneri, 2016. "Income Levels And Inequality in Metropolitan Areas: A Comparative Approach in OECD Countries," OECD Regional Development Working Papers 2016/6, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:govaab:2016/6-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jlwj02zz4mr-en
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    1. Elisa Aracil & Elena Maria Diaz & Gonzalo Gómez-Bengoechea & Rosalía Mota & David Roch-Dupré, 2024. "Regional Socioeconomic Assessments with a Genetic Algorithm: An Application on Income Inequality Across Municipalities," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 173(2), pages 499-521, June.
    2. 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.
    3. Luis Ayala & Javier Mart n-Rom n & Juan Vicente, 2023. "What Contributes to Rising Inequality in Large Cities?," LIS Working papers 850, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    4. Jean-Michel Floch, 2017. "Standards of living and segregation in twelve French metropolises," Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), issue 497-498, pages 73-96.

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