Gaming Opportunities: American Indian Casinos, Cash Transfers, and Income Mobility on the Reservation

Emilia Simeonova, Randall Akee and Maggie R. Jones

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, vol. 111, 221-26

Abstract: We examine the impact of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on the income rank of American Indian (AI) reservation residents. We assemble a panel dataset at the individual level for tax filers residing on AI reservations in 1989. We examine the effect of casino operations and cash distribution payments (from casino revenues) on the income-rank evolution over time. Casino operations provide an unambiguous increase in family income rank for those residing on reservations with an operating casino relative to those on reservations without a casino. The presence of an operating casino increases relative income rank by half a percentage point.

JEL-codes: D31 J15 J62 K23 L83 L88 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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