Document Type
Master's Culminating Experience
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
This paper provided investigation on economic welfare changes in poor neighborhoods in U.S. central cities during the 1990's. Using Census data for 1990 and 2000, this study found that the association between changes in family median income of poor neighborhoods and changes in family median income of their metropolitan areas was not statistically significant. The empirical evidence indicated that welfare changes in poor neighborhoods were detached from those of their metropolitan areas. The study also tested the correlation between the changes in family income level and other economic factors in poor neighborhoods during 1990's. The test results suggest that government agencies need to refine the education system for poor neighborhoods residents and to provide assistance for business developers in poor neighborhoods to build the linkages between the poor neighborhoods and their metropolitan areas.
Repository Citation
Wang, L. K.
(2005). Economic Welfare Change in Poor Neighborhoods. .
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/econ_student/78
