Document Type
Master's Culminating Experience
Publication Date
1998
Abstract
In this study, I analyze and evaluate the determinants of poverty rate differentials among 77 urban centers in the United States, as described by Isabel Sawhill (1988). The regression results show that demographic changes, education, welfare programs, unemployment rates, per capita income and income inequality are the most important factors that have a strong statistical link to urban poverty rates. Based on my analysis, the crime rate is not a statistically significant determinant of the rate of poverty among American families.
Repository Citation
Loredo, J.
(1998). An Evaluation of the Causes of Urban Poverty in America: A Cross Section Analysis. .
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