Date of Award
11-1-2012
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Markus P. A. Schneider, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Tracy Mott
Third Advisor
Robert Urquhart
Fourth Advisor
Eric Boschmann
Keywords
Agglomeration, Cities, Income, Inequality, Metropolitan, Urban
Abstract
In recent years, much focus has been placed on the high and growing level of income inequality in the United States. This composition begins to fill a void in the existing literature by examining specific urban areas that have particularly high levels of inequality and the characteristics that factor into inequality. In this paper, I construct a qualitative model for a particularly unequal metropolitan area. I then apply the model to a set of U.S. metros that are among the most unequal in the country and share a particular set of characteristics consistent with the model.
Copyright Date
November 2012
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
C. Peterson Compton
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
74 p.
Recommended Citation
Compton, C. Peterson, "Income Inequality in U.S. Metropolitan Areas: Which Areas Have the Greatest Inequality and Why?" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 136.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/136
Discipline
Economics, Geography