The adjustment of black residents to metropolitan employment shifts: how persistent is spatial mismatch?

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning the relationship between African American employment and the shift of jobs away from African American residential areas are examined. Topics include population and employment statistics between 1970 and 1990 for 39 metropolitan areas, and the manner in which African American residential mobility affects employment.

Employment by Race, Location

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Black-white differences in inflation: 1974-1991

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A comparison of inflation rates for African Americans and whites from 1974 to 1991 is presented, focusing on food budget shares. Results indicate that inflation rates were 10-15% lower for African Americans than for whites.

Inflation Accounting, Social aspects, Economic aspects, Inflation (Finance), Cost and standard of living, Cost of living, Inflation (Economics)

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Can Black workers escape spatial mismatch? Employment shifts, population shifts and Black unemployment in American cities

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A spatial mismatch index is employed that measures the extent to which residential and employment locations differ across a metropolitan area. This is done to determine whether the spatial separation of African Americans residential locations and employment locations affected African Americans labor market outcomes.

Employment, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Administration of General Economic Programs, Jobs & Employment, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Workers, Spatial analysis (Statistics)

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