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Housing Segregation, Negro Employment and Metropolitan Decentralization: An Alternative Perspective
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In this paper, a model of decentralization of employment and its impact on the urban negro's employment problem is presented, and regression results are used to evaluate the effect of such a model.Abstract:
I. Introduction, 299. — II. Changes in employment patterns, 300. — III. Negro population changes in the urban areas, 304. — IV. A model of decentralization of employment and its impact on the urban negro's employment problem, 304. — V. The regression results, 307. — VI. Conclusions and implications, 309.read more
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