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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421440835
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HT175 .U556 2021
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Subject: "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"--
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Includes bibliographies 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"--

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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