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Race and gender income inequality in the USA: black women vs. white men

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  • Kitov, Ivan

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Income inequality between different races in the U.S. is especially large. This difference is even larger when gender is involved. In a complementary study, we have developed a dynamic microeconomic model accurately describing the evolution of male and female incomes since 1930. Here, we extend our analysis and model the disparity between black and white population in the U.S., separately for males and females. Unfortunately, income microdata provided by the U.S. Census Bureau for other races and ethnic groups are not time compatible or too short for modelling purposes. We are forced to constrain our analysis to black and white population, but all principal results can be extrapolated to other races and ethnicities. Our analysis shows that black females and white males are two poles of the overall income inequality. The prediction of income distribution for two extreme cases with one model is the main challenge of this study.

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  • Kitov, Ivan, 2020. "Race and gender income inequality in the USA: black women vs. white men," MPRA Paper 101019, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 10 Jun 2020.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:101019
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    1. Kitov, Ivan & Kitov, Oleg, 2015. "Gender income disparity in the USA: analysis and dynamic modelling," MPRA Paper 67146, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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      by Ivan Kitov in Economics as Classical Mechanics on 2023-09-05 20:23:00
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      personal income; evolution; age; race; GDP per capita; USA;
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      JEL classification:

      • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
      • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
      • E17 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
      • E64 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Incomes Policy; Price Policy
      • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
      • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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