The Geography of Average Income and Inequality: Spatial Evidence from Austria

Autor:	Moser, Mathias, Schnetzer, Matthias
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	RVK QX 200 JEL C21 D31 J31 Regional inequality / spatial dependence / spatial autoregressive model / Österreich / Regionalwirtschaft / Einkommensentwicklung / Ungleichheit / Einkommensunterschied / Konzentrationsmaß
Druh dokumentu:	Paper
Popis:	This paper investigates the nexus between regional income levels and inequality. We present a novel small-scale inequality database for Austrian municipalities to address this question. Our dataset combines individual tax data of Austrian wage tax payer on regionally disaggregated scale with census and geographical information. This setting allows us to investigate regional spillover effects of average income and various measures of income inequality. Using this data set we find distinct regional clusters of both high average wages and high earnings inequality in Austria. Furthermore we use spatial econometric regressions to quantify the effects between income levels and a number of inequality measures such as the Gini and 90/10 quantile ratios. (authors' abstract) Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series
Databáze:	Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations
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