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04117cam a2200409 a 4500 001 34A52D0E2B0D11DE82774608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090730151558 008 060601s2006 miuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006017557 020 $a 9780880992879 (alk. paper) 020 $a 0880992875 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780880992862 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0880992867 (pbk. : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d UWC $d IOP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Partridge, Mark D. 245 1 $a The geography of American poverty : $b is there a need for place-based policies? / $c Mark D. Partridge, Dan S. Rickman. 260 $a Kalamazoo, Mich. : $b W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, $c 2006. 300 $a xi, 355 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-340) and index. 505 0 $a Spatial concentration of American poverty: should we care, and what are the options? -- Why society should care about poverty -- National poverty and economic growth -- Person- vs. place-based policy -- Overview of this book -- Recent spatial poverty trends in America -- Patterns and trends in state poverty -- Patterns and trends in county poverty rates -- Demographic patterns and trends in county poverty -- County patterns in employment growth -- Conclusions -- Regional economic performance and poverty : what's the theoretical connection? -- Interregional equilibrium and disequilibrium perspectives on poverty -- Regionally asymmetric labor demand shocks and poverty : the role of migration and commuting -- Labor demand and metropolitan poverty : the spatial mismatch hypothesis -- Rural labor demand and poverty -- Poverty and regional labor supply shifts -- Summary and conclusions -- An empirical analysis of state poverty trends : welfare reform vs. economic growth : empirical evidence at the national level -- State-level empirical studies of labor demand and poverty -- Welfare reform and poverty -- Empirical model -- Regression results -- Simulation of individual effects -- Conclusion -- State economic performance, welfare reform, and poverty : case studies from four states -- Regression sample period analysis -- Case study epilogue : post-2000 trends -- Conclusions -- County employment growth and poverty -- Why examine counties or metropolitan areas? -- Conceptual model of county poverty -- Empirical model of county poverty rates -- Empirical assessment of local poverty : local attributes -- Employment growth and poverty -- Neighboring county spillovers -- Poverty responses across key demographic groups -- Summary of overall county findings -- Conclusion -- Poverty in metropolitan America -- Trends in 1989 and 1999 metropolitan area poverty rates -- Poverty rates by metropolitan size -- Regression analysis of MSA poverty rates -- Suburban/central county poverty rate disparities -- Case studies of metropolitan poverty trends -- A policy framework to alleviate metropolitan poverty -- Conclusion -- Poverty in rural America -- What is different about rural or nonmetropolitan counties? -- Characteristics of high and low poverty rate rural counties -- Changes in 1989-1999 rural poverty rates -- Rural regression findings -- Rural poverty and proximity to metro areas -- Case study : Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska -- Policy implications for fighting rural poverty -- Summary -- How to win the local poverty war -- Synopsis -- Policy recommendations. 650 0 $a Poverty $z United States. 650 0 $a Poverty $z United States $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Urban poor $z United States. 650 0 $a Rural poor $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions. 700 1 $a Rickman, Dan S. 941 $a 6 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200924010926.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823070349.0 952 $l N5UX522 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=34A52D0E2B0D11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search