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Unlocking the economic potential of post-industrial cities / Matthew E. Kahn and Mac McComas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421440835
  • 1421440830
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Unlocking the economic potential of post-industrial cities.DDC classification:
  • 307.3/4160973 23
LOC classification:
  • HT175 .K346 2021
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Contents:
Cities at a crossroads -- Long-run trends in poverty -- Urban labor market demand -- The labor supply of local residents -- Urban neighborhood quality of life -- Improving urban governance -- Promising trends -- New knowledge fuels the comeback.
Summary: "This book explores why the center cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis have underperformed for more than 40 years, from 1970 to the present. The authors' investigation of how these cities and their residents can escape the poverty trap is informed by quantitative social science research"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book explores why the center cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis have underperformed for more than 40 years, from 1970 to the present. The authors' investigation of how these cities and their residents can escape the poverty trap is informed by quantitative social science research"-- Provided by publisher.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed February 2, 2022).

Cities at a crossroads -- Long-run trends in poverty -- Urban labor market demand -- The labor supply of local residents -- Urban neighborhood quality of life -- Improving urban governance -- Promising trends -- New knowledge fuels the comeback.

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