Abstract
In this article we identified factors that may have contributed to spatial and temporal trends in non-earned income (NEI) within the 121-county Piedmont Megapolitan Cluster (PMC). We also assessed the impacts of the Great Recession on NEI, focusing on differences in NEI among metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties between 2007 and 2011. NEI exhibited a strong coreperiphery relationship, with core urban counties, and those with research universities, exhibiting a higher proportion of NEI from dividends, interest and rent (DIR), and a lower proportion of NEI from public transfer payments (TP). The percent of the population with a bachelor's degree was the dominant predictor of high ratios of DIR to TP at the county level. The Great Recession resulted in a reduction in DIR and an increase in TP among most PMC counties; however metropolitan counties experienced the most significant gains in TP.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-117 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Southeastern Geographer |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Economic base theory
- Non-earned income
- Piedmont megapolitan
- Unearned income
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)