Changes in the Distribution of Poverty across and within the US Metropolitan Areas, 1979-89.

Madden, Janice Fanning

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ERIC Number: EJ537067

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Publication Date: 1996

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Changes in the Distribution of Poverty across and within the US Metropolitan Areas, 1979-89.

Madden, Janice Fanning

Urban Studies, v33 n9 p1581-1600 Nov 1996

This study measures the effects of changes in social, demographic, economic, and structural characteristics of metropolitan areas on the changes in metropolitan poverty rates and in the spatial concentrations of poverty in their central cities. Findings support the view that metropolitan economic growth reduces metropolitan poverty. (Author/SLD)

Descriptors: Change, Demography, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Factors, Inner City, Low Income Groups, Poverty, Poverty Areas, Urban Areas, Urban Problems

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: See UD 519 826 for journal availability. Research supported by the Department of Real Estate in the Wharton School, National Science Foundation Grant No. 92-23033, and the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.