The Impact of Infrastructure Investments on Income Inequality: Evidence from US States
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- Emma Hooper & Sanjay Peters & Patrick A. Pintus, 2021. "The impact of infrastructure investments on income inequality: Evidence from US states," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 29(2), pages 227-256, April.
- Emma Hooper & Sanjay Peters & Patrick A. Pintus, 2021. "The impact of infrastructure investments on income inequality: Evidence from US states," Post-Print halshs-03015354, HAL.
- Emma Hooper & Sanjay Peters & Patrick A. Pintus, 2020. "The Impact of Infrastructure Investments on Income Inequality: Evidence from US States," AMSE Working Papers 2019, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France, revised Sep 2020.
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Keywords
Public Infrastructure; Highways; Income Inequality; US State Panel Data; Instrument Variable;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- O51 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-TRE-2020-07-13 (Transport Economics)
- NEP-URE-2020-07-13 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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