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Race for Results in Michigan
Presented to
Opportunity & Equity 2014
May 5, 2014
Charles L. Ballard
Department of Economics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
In most parts of the country, the
increase in income inequality was
NOT spread evenly through the
income distribution:
The top pulled away from the
middle, but the middle did not pull
away from the bottom.
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Percent Change in Inflation-Adjusted Income from 1976-78 to 2006-08, For Households at Selected Points in the Income Distribution,
For Michigan, Ohio, and the United States
Michigan
Ohio
United States
The pace of disequalization was
fastest in the highly educated
Northeast, but most of the country
experienced a substantial increase
in inequality.
Some notable exceptions occurred
in the South, where improved
education (especially for African
Americans) has helped even those
near the bottom.
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Percentile of the Household Income Distribution
Percent Change in Inflation Adjusted Income from 1976-78 to 2006-08, For Households at Selected Points in the Income Distribution,
For Georgia and the United States
United States
Georgia
For the U.S. as a whole, the
earnings gap between black
and white men has decreased
very slightly in the last 35
years, but the gap for women
has increased.
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Median Labor-Market Earnings for Blacks, As Percent of Median Earnings for Whites,
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Median Earnings for Black Men, As Percent of Median Earnings for White Men, for Michigan and Georgia, for Five-Year Averages, 1976-2008
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Georgia
The Detroit metropolitan area is
more racially segregated than
any other major area in the
United States.
Michigan, My Michigan
A song to thee, fair State of mine,
Michigan, my Michigan.
But greater song than this is thine,
Michigan, my Michigan.
The whisper of the forest tree,
The thunder of the inland sea,
Unite in one grand symphony
Of Michigan, my Michigan.
