Subnational economic inequality in the United States 1969–2008 : new metrics and connections to electoral behavior

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dc.contributor.advisorGalbraith, James K.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGamkhar, Shamaen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLeal, David L.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPituch, Keenanen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWarner, David C.en
dc.creatorHale, Joshua Travisen
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-26T17:58:06Zen
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-26T17:58:30Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:21:08Z
dc.date.available2011-01-26T17:58:06Zen
dc.date.available2011-01-26T17:58:30Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:21:08Z
dc.date.issued2010-08en
dc.date.submittedAugust 2010en
dc.date.updated2011-01-26T17:58:30Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractMeasures of American inequality offer sparse coverage of subnational units and rely on surveys of self-reported family and household incomes. This dissertation details the development of new inequality datasets at the county, state, and national levels from alternative lenses: sector wages; industry earnings; and average incomes. Sector and industry data are particularly rich, detailed, consistent, and reliable. These new metrics from underutilized data sources contribute to debates over the lived effects of inequality. American economic inequality concentrates in some places more than others, arising from different causes. This dissertation considers ecological associations between inequality, voter turnout, and election outcomes at the state and county levels and multilevel models of individual participation and candidate preference, with voters nested within their state contexts. Aggregate voter turnout has been lower in states with higher levels of income inequality for the last several presidential elections, though this relationship did not strengthen with rising inequality. Likewise, some inequalities have strong associations with state- and county-level presidential election outcomes in certain years, but the patterns are irregular. Multilevel models of voters in states do not indicate a strong relationship among inequality per se and individual behavior.en
dc.description.departmentLBJ School of Public Affairsen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1754en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectU.S. economic inequalityen
dc.subjectAmerican economic inequalityen
dc.subjectEconomic inequalityen
dc.subjectAmerican inequalityen
dc.subjectFamily incomeen
dc.subjectHousehold incomeen
dc.subjectIndustry earningsen
dc.subjectSector wagesen
dc.subjectVoter turnouten
dc.subjectElectoral behavioren
dc.titleSubnational economic inequality in the United States 1969–2008 : new metrics and connections to electoral behavioren
dc.type.genrethesisen

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