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Peer reviewedDanziger, Sheldon; Weinstein, Michael – Journal of Urban Economics, 1976
Tests a crucial assumption in the debate between those who advocate ghetto development and those who advocate ghetto dispersal: that the suburban jobs held by urban poverty-area residents are economically superior to the jobs held by those who both live and work in the poverty area. An analysis of data from the 1970 Census Employment Survey finds…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Jencks, Christopher, Ed.; Peterson, Paul E., Ed. – 1991
This book comprises 19 essays that attempt to tell the truth about urban poverty, social dislocation, and changes in American family life. They show that the rise in the percentage of children living in poverty is due to an increasing number of female-headed households and a decline in the earnings of young men. The following papers are included:…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
