Graduation Year
2017
Date of Submission
3-2017
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
David Bjerk
Reader 2
Jefferson Huang
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© 2017 Marcellus A Demer
Abstract
In the United States, nobody can survive without depending on the income of oneself or of those that support them. Thus, economic opportunity and its skewed availability is pertinent to everyone. With income inequality in the United States measured in the early 2010s reaching some of the highest estimates among nations around the globe, people seek to investigate the forces behind this phenomenon and reverse it. This paper focuses on some of the many cycles and structures that exist to reinforce the challenges of achieving economic equality. Specifically, I extrapolate data to measure the correlations between the Great Recession and measures of income disparity. I then measure the effects across suburban, urban, and rural areas to highlight their differences. The paper further explains the relationship among the three, their relevance to the economy, and general directions in which organizations can circumvent the negative trends observed from the data.
Recommended Citation
Demer, Marcellus, "The Interconnection of the Great Recession, Income Disparity, Segregated Metropolitan Districts, and Their Significance to All in the U.S." (2017). CMC Senior Theses. 1538.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1538
