Income inequality in the United States, 1947 - 1985:
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| adam_text | Contents
Figures and Tables ix
Preface xiii
1. Introduction 1
Income Inequality and Distribution Trends 3
Postwar Demographic and Economic Changes and Their
Relationship with Inequality 5
This Study 8
2. Household Structure Changes: Income-Receiving Units 15
Relationship between Income-Receiving Units and Income 17
Trends in Income-Receiving Units 24
Summary 29
3. Labor Demand Changes: Industrial and Occupational
Employment Shifts 33
Industrial and Occupational Shifts 35
Relationship between Earnings, Productivity, and
Employment 42
w Contents
Industrial and Occupational Changes and Income
Distribution 44
Conclusion 49
4. Labor Supply Changes: Population Age Structure 57
Trends in Population Age Structure 59
Dependency and Income Distribution 62
Discussion and Conclusions 67
5. Labor Supply Changes: Female Labor Force Participation 71
Trends in Female Labor Force Participation 73
Female Labor Force Behavior and Income Distribution 75
Summary and Conclusions 82
6. Government Redistribution Efforts: Cash Expenditures on
Social Insurance 85
Trends in Spending and Programs 86
Indirect Impacts of Social-Insurance Programs 88
Relationship of Social-Insurance Expenditure to Inequality 90
Summary and Discussion 93
7. White-Nonwhite Differences: Labor Demand, Labor Supply,
Government, and Income-Receiving Unit Structure 97
White-Nonwhite Characteristic Changes 101
Racial Differences in Income Inequality and Share
Distribution 110
Summary 116
8. Summary of the Past and Predictions of the Future 121
Income Inequality Differences by Income-Receiving Unit 122
Total Economic, Demographic, and Government Impacts 125
Future ] 27
9. Conclusions and Policy Implications 135
Conclusions 35
Policy Implications 38
Contents vii
Appendix 1. Computation of Income Inequality and Distribution 143
Appendix 2. Procedure to Calculate Projections 146
Appendix 3. Data and Data Sources 148
Income 148
Labor Market 149
Gross National Product and Social Services 151
Demographic Characteristics 151
Race 152
Projections 152
Data Tables 154
Appendix 4. Regression Results 166
Bibliography 179
Index 203
Figures and Tables
FIGURES
7-1 Racial Differences in Income Inequality over Time: Gini
Coefficients 99
7-2 Racial Differences in Income Share Distribution over Time 100
7-3 Lorenz Curves for Whites and Nonwhites: Dependency and
Occupational Changes 114
TABLES
1-1 Inequality, Demographic, and Economic Characteristics,
1947-1985 4
2-1 Trends in Income-Receiving-Unit Income Distribution 18
2-2 Percentage of Income-Receiving Units Classified as In
Poverty 21
2-3 Trends in Absolute Median Income Levels for Quintiles 25
2-4 Percentage of Income-Receiving Units, 1950-1985 26
3-1 Annual Earnings, Unemployment Rate, and Unionization by
Industry and Occupation 34
3-2 Percentage of Industrial and Occupational Employment,
1950-1980 37
x Figures and Tables
3-3 Industrial and Occupational Trends in Income Inequality and
Distribution 45
3-4 Industrial and Occupational Influences on Income Inequality
and Distribution: Elasticities 47
4-1 Income and Labor Force Participation Changes by Age,
1950-1985 58
4-2 Trends in the Age Structure of the Population 59
4-3 Individual Income Inequality and Distribution: Age Trends 63
4-4 Age-Related Influences on Income Inequality and
Distribution: Elasticities 65
5-1 Characteristics of Female Workers 72
5-2 Trends in Female Labor Force Participation 73
5-3 Female Labor Force Participation Influence on Income
Inequality and Distribution: Elasticities 77
5-4 Earnings of Wife by Earnings of Husband, 1967-1985 81
6-1 Trends in Government Spending (Cash Benefit Payments) 87
6—2 Government Influences on Income Inequality and
Distribution: Elasticities 91
7-1 Racial Differences in Income and Inequality 98
7-2 Racial Differences in Demographic Characteristics, 1950—
1985 102
7-3 Racial Characteristics of Workers 104
7-4 Racial Differences in Influences on Inequality: Elasticities 111
8-1 Inequality Influences and Numeric Changes: Elasticities and
Percentage Change 123
8-2 Total Economic and Demographic Influences on Income
Inequality, 1947-2000 127
8-3 Predicted Population and Economic Characteristics: 1995,
2000 128
8-4 Predicted Economic and Demographic Effects on Income
Inequality and Distribution 132
8-5 Predicted Aggregate Income Inequality and Share
Distribution 133
Al-1 Dollar Adjustments to Nominal Income and Earnings 144
A3-1 Gini Coefficients for Each Income-Receiving Unit, 1947-
1985 154
Figures and Tables . /
A3-2 Top-Quintile Share Distribution by Income-Receiving Unit,
1947-1985 155
A3-3 Fourth-Quintile Share Distribution by Income-Receiving
Unit, 1947-1985 156
A3-4 Middle-Quintile Share Distribution by Income-Receiving
Unit, 1947-1985 157
A3-5 Second-Quintile Share Distribution by Income-Receiving
Unit, 1947-1985 158
A3-6 Lowest-Quintile Share Distribution by Income-Receiving
Unit, 1947-1985 159
A3-7 Gini Coefficients by Race, 1947-1985 160
A3-8 Top-Quintile Share by Race, 1947-1985 161
A3-9 Fourth-Quintile Share by Race, 1947-1985 162
A3-10 Middle-Quintile Share by Race, 1947-1985 163
A3-11 Second-Quintile Share by Race, 1947-1985 164
A3-12 Lowest-Quintile Share by Race, 1947-1985 165
A4-1 Regression Results for Gini Coefficients 167
A4-2 Regression Results for Share of Income Received by the
TopQuintile 168
A4-3 Regression Results for Share of Income Received by the
Fourth Quintile 169
A4-4 Regression Results for Share of Income Received by the
Middle Quintile 170
A4-5 Regression Results for Share of Income Received by the
Second Quintile 171
A4-6 Regression Results for Share of Income Received by the
Lowest Quintile 172
A4-7 Regression Results for Gini Coefficient by Race 173
A4-8 Regression Results for the Top Quintile by Race 174
A4-9 Regression Results for the Fourth Quintile by Race 175
A4-10 Regression Results for the Middle Quintile by Race 176
A4-11 Regression Results for the Second Quintile by Race 177
A4-12 Regression Results for the Lowest Quintile by Race 178
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