An analysis of poverty in the American South: How are metropolitan areas different from nonmetropolitan areas?

From: Contemporary Economic Policy | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

This article examines the causes of poverty in the American South and identifies differences in the causes that exist between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties. Using a multiple linear regression model, a county's poverty rate is regressed on a vector of variables related to characteristics of its population, educational attainment, and economy. This study finds that most of these characteristics affect a county's poverty rate, but it also finds that several of the characteristics have a significantly different effect on the poverty rate of metropolitan counties than on the poverty ...

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