dc.contributor.advisor | Fossett, Mark | |
dc.creator | Chen, XI | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-15T00:13:19Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-23T21:44:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-15T00:13:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-23T21:44:39Z | |
dc.date.created | 2009-05 | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-07-14 | |
dc.date.submitted | May 2009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-653 | |
dc.description.abstract | This research project examines variations in inequality in individual earned incomes across U.S. metropolitan areas. The main analysis includes thirteen explanatory variables from three major perspectives - the political economy perspective, the demand-side perspective and the labor force supply-side perspective. In addition, I applied path models to explain causalities between some independent variables and used the decomposition of the Theil index to show the between-group effects. The results indicate that most demand-side and supply-side factors significantly contribute to variances in metropolitan income inequalities, while the impact of political economic factors are very limited.
The paper is organized in the following manner: Chapter I is the introduction; Chapter II reviews literature focusing on the level of earning inequality and its predictors; Chapter III describes data and measures of variables; Chapter IV introduces statistical methods (including OLS regression model, path analysis, and decomposition of the Theil index); Chapter V presents the results of OLS regression model and its explanations; Chapter VI explains path analysis and decomposition analysis and their results; and finally, Chapter VII discusses the current research project and its implications for future studies. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.subject | Income inequality | en |
dc.subject | the Theil index | en |
dc.subject | decomposition | en |
dc.subject | political-economics | en |
dc.subject | demography | en |
dc.title | The Political-Economic and Demographic Causes of Metropolitan Income Inequality and Its Components | en |
dc.type | Book | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.department | Sociology | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Sociology | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Poston, Dudley | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Saenz, Rogelio | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | McIntosh, William McIntosh | |
dc.type.genre | Electronic Dissertation | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |