[lbo-talk] ooops

[Seth Ackerman]

You could just use BLS local-area CPI figures, right? I know they have them
for metro areas, maybe they have state data too.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] ooops


> kjkhoo at softhome.net wrote:
>
> >Can we have the comparisons for US states?
>
> I don't know of any PPP data for U.S. states. The Timbro paper just
> uses the BEA's per capita GDP by state figures. If you're going to
> use PPP measures for countries that in some cases are smaller than
> U.S. states (Norway is about half the size of NYC), then you should
> use them for our states. A $12,000 income in rural Mississippi would
> buy you a rather different life from the same income in the Bronx.
>
> Doug
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