In the article “The rise of the Sunbelt,” the authors assess the effects of rising demand for Southern amenities, rising productivity, and increase in the housing supply, in the rise of Sunbelt. The authors use the housing price, income, and population growth data in their analysis. First, the paper discusses the three hypotheses explaining why the South rose, using empirical methodology. The authors then analyze the effects of population, income growth, and housing price using various statistical tools including multiple regressions.
The findings reveal that the growth of the Sunbelt had little to do with sun-related amenities. ...
