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Changing Geography of Metropolitan Opportunity, The: The Segregation of the Poor in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1970 to 1990
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In this paper, the authors used census tract-level data to measure the segregation of the poor in large U.S. metropolitan areas in 1970, 1980, and 1990, and two measures of segregation are used?the indices of dissimilarity and isolation.Abstract:
This analysis uses census tract-level data to measure the segregation of the poor in large U.S. metropolitan areas in 1970, 1980, and 1990. Two measures of segregation are used?the indices of dissimilarity and isolation. The report begins with a description of these two indices and the data used for the analysis. The subsequent discussion presents a cross-sectional analysis of the isolation of the poor in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas in 1990. The next section covers how segregation of the poor changed from 1970 to 1990 in these areas, and finally the report summarizes the findings of the analysis.read more
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Changing the Geography of Opportunity by Expanding Residential Choice: Lessons from the Gautreaux Program
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