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Urban Change and Poverty.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1987.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Urban Change and Poverty; Copyright; PREFACE; Contents; PART I COMMITTEE REPORT ; Overview; SUMMARY FINDINGS; Well-Being and Poverty; Urban Economies; Urban Finance; Urban Governance; Infrastructure; SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS; Urban Economies: Long-Term Transformation and Regional Disparities; Urban Finances: Healthier Than in the Recent Past; Urban Poverty: Growing More Concentrated; Well-Being and Poverty; ECONOMIC STATUS; CENTRAL-CITY POVERTY; CHANGES IN FAMILY STRUCTURE; Feminization of Poverty; Growth of Female-Headed Families; THE URBAN UNDERCLASS; SUMMARY; Urban Economic Trends; URBAN GROWTH.
- THE LARGEST CITIESCOMPARISONS AMONG METROPOLITAN COUNTIES; SUMMARY; Urban Fiscal Conditions; RECENT FISCAL TRENDS; SUMMARY; Trends in Urban Governance; Urban Infrastructure; NATIONAL EXPENDITURE TRENDS; INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION; TAX-EXEMPT BOND MARKETS; SUMMARY; Policy Implications; URBAN POVERTY; REGIONAL DECLINE; URBAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT; REFERENCES; Appendix A: Regional Classifications ; Appendix B: Workshop Participants ; PART II BACKGROUND PAPERS ; Income, Opportunities, and Quality of Life of Urban Residents; CITIES AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING; TRADITIONAL MEASURES OF WELL-BEING.
- Large Metropolitan AreasCentral-City, Suburban, Small Metropolitan, and Rural Areas; Residential Area, Family, and Race; Residential Area, Age, Earnings, and Transfers; EARNINGS DETERMINATION; Framework; Empirical Model and Results; QUALITY-OF-LIFE COMPARISONS; Economic Status and Quality Of Life; Labor Markets, Housing Markets, and Quality Of Life; Quality of Life In Metropolitan Areas; CONCLUSIONS; References; Family Structure, Poverty, and the Underclass; INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSIONS; PREVALENCE, GROWTH, AND CAUSES OF MOTHER-ONLY FAMILIES; Increases in Welfare Benefits.
- Changes in Women's EmploymentChanges in Men's Employment; THE FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY; Low Earnings of Single Mothers; Inadequate Child Support; Low Welfare Payments; THE UNDERCLASS; Defining the Underclass; Weak Attachment to the Labor Force; Persistence and Social Isolation; Are Female-Headed Families Part of the Underclass?; Persistent, Weak Attachment to the Labor Force; Intergenerational Dependence; Ghettoization; RECENT PUBLIC POLICIES REGARDING FAMILIES HEADED BY SINGLE WOMEN; Reduction in Benefits; Work Requirements; Child Support; References.
- Jobs, Migration, and Emerging Urban MismatchesCOMPETITIVE EFFECTS AND REGIONAL GROWTH; TRANSFORMING URBAN ECONOMIES; WIDENING DEMOGRAPHIC-EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY MISMATCHES IN CITIES; CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY ISSUES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; Refferences; Local Area Economic Growth Patterns: A Comparison Of The 1980s And Previous Decades; MSA/NON-MSA GROWTH PATTERNS; Industrial Bases of Area Growth; Non-Msa Areas; Msa Areas; MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA PATTERNS; FURTHER AREA DISAGGREGATION; Summary Growth Patterns; Sources of Total Personal Income; SUMMARY REVIEW AND POLICY OUTLOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.