dc.contributor.author |
Schafer, Zeph |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-09-22T22:17:59Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-09-22T22:17:59Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014-04 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18298 |
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dc.description |
34 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Economics and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2014. |
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dc.description.abstract |
Newly compiled data has shown that income mobility-the probability that the
children of the poor will reach higher incomes than their parents- varies across the
United States. However, the causes for the full extent of such variation remain to be
explained. This study combines Census data on local government expenditures with the
new data on income mobility to test the hypothesis that local government expenditures
affect income mobility. My results indicate that a statistically significant relationship
exists between expenditures and mobility, but also that the timing and type of
expenditure can determine whether the effect is positive, negative, or even matters at
all. Why such different consequences exist should be the subject of further study. |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.publisher |
University of Oregon |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
University of Oregon thesis, Dept. Economics, Honors College, B.S., 2014; |
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dc.rights |
All Rights Reserved. |
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dc.subject |
Income mobility |
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dc.subject |
Local government |
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dc.subject |
Expenditures |
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dc.subject |
Community zones |
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dc.subject |
Cities |
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dc.subject |
Inequality |
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dc.title |
The Effects of Local Government Expenditures on Income Mobility in the United States: 1982-1997 |
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dc.type |
Thesis / Dissertation |
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