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Download full textMcMahon, Walter W.; Chang, Shao-Chung – 1991
Significant differences in the cost of living exist among different parts of the country and among different rural and urban counties within the same state. This paper develops a method for estimating current geographical differences in the cost of living index for all states for 1981-90. These estimates, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data,…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Cost Indexes, Geographic Regions, Metropolitan Areas
