TRICKLING DOWN: DOES LOCAL JOB GROWTH REDUCE POVERTY?

Mindy S. Crandall and Bruce A. Weber

No 18915, Working Papers from Oregon State University, Rural Poverty Research Center (RPRC)

Abstract: Was local job growth a significant determinant of poverty reduction between 1990 and 2000? This research takes advantage of newly available data and techniques to explore the job growth on tract-level poverty reduction. Spatial corrections to the model allow for more accurate identification of the significant determinants of poverty reduction across the United States. Results indicate that job growth is a highly significant predictor of poverty reduction, though its effect is modest. While spatial models didn't materially affect the regression coefficients, significant gains in model explanatory power were seen when using a spatial model as compared to OLS.

Keywords: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.18915

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