Income Convergence and Growth in Alabama: Evidence from Sub-county Level Data

Buddhi Raj Gyawali, Rory Fraser, Ban Banerjee and James O. Bukenya

No 46713, 2009 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: 1980 and 2000 Census Block Group (CBG) data were used to examine income convergence in all Alabama counties vis-à-vis Alabama’s Black Belt and Northwest regions. Though all three models demonstrated conditional income convergence, CBGs with smaller initial populations, smaller changes in African-American or dependent age populations had higher income changes.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.46713

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