Income Convergence and Growth in Alabama: Evidence from Sub-county Level Data

1980 and 2000 Census Block Group (CBG) data were used to examine income convergence in all Alabama counties vis-à-vis Alabama’s Black Belt and Northwest regions. Though all three models demonstrated conditional income convergence, CBGs with smaller initial populations, smaller changes in African-American or dependent age populations had higher income changes.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Gyawali, Buddhi Raj ; Fraser, Rory ; Banerjee, Ban ; Bukenya, James O.
Institutions:	Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA
Subject:	Alabama \| African-Americans \| Black Belt \| Census Block Groups \| Income Convergence \| Community/Rural/Urban Development \| Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2009 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2009 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia Number 46713
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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