Constructing Poverty Rankings For State Subregions: A Case Study Of North Carolina

John A. Bishop and Lester A. Zeager
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John A. Bishop: East Carolina University
Lester A. Zeager: East Carolina University

The Review of Regional Studies, 1990, vol. 20, issue 2, 24-33

Abstract: In recent years, economists with differing views on many income distribution issues have begun to call for a public policy aimed at reducing poverty, rather than income inequality per se. Studies of variations in income inequality among regions have appeared in economics journals for several decades, 1 but less work has been devoted to regional poverty measurement. This paper brings together recent theoretical and statistical advances in poverty measurement and develops a methodology for studying variations in poverty across small regions using readily available data from the Census Bureau.

Date: 1990
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