Urban Change and Poverty

Abstract

Urban Change and Poverty -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- PART I COMMITTEE REPORT -- Overview -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Well-Being and Poverty -- Urban Economies -- Urban Finance -- Urban Governance -- Infrastructure -- SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- Urban Economies: Long-Term Transformation and Regional Disparities -- Urban Finances: Healthier Than in the Recent Past -- Urban Poverty: Growing More Concentrated -- Well-Being and Poverty -- ECONOMIC STATUS -- CENTRAL-CITY POVERTY -- CHANGES IN FAMILY STRUCTURE -- Feminization of Poverty -- Growth of Female-Headed Families -- THE URBAN UNDERCLASS -- SUMMARY -- Urban Economic Trends -- URBAN GROWTH -- THE LARGEST CITIES -- COMPARISONS AMONG METROPOLITAN COUNTIES -- SUMMARY -- Urban Fiscal Conditions -- RECENT FISCAL TRENDS -- SUMMARY -- Trends in Urban Governance -- Urban Infrastructure -- NATIONAL EXPENDITURE TRENDS -- INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION -- TAX-EXEMPT BOND MARKETS -- SUMMARY -- Policy Implications -- URBAN POVERTY -- REGIONAL DECLINE -- URBAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A: Regional Classifications -- Appendix B: Workshop Participants -- PART II BACKGROUND PAPERS -- Income, Opportunities, and Quality of Life of Urban Residents -- CITIES AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING -- TRADITIONAL MEASURES OF WELL-BEING -- Large Metropolitan Areas -- Central-City, Suburban, Small Metropolitan, and Rural Areas -- Residential Area, Family, and Race -- Residential Area, Age, Earnings, and Transfers -- EARNINGS DETERMINATION -- Framework -- Empirical Model and Results -- QUALITY-OF-LIFE COMPARISONS -- Economic Status and Quality Of Life -- Labor Markets, Housing Markets, and Quality Of Life -- Quality of Life In Metropolitan Areas -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Family Structure, Poverty, and the Underclass -- INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSIONS -- PREVALENCE, GROWTH, AND CAUSES OF MOTHER-ONLY FAMILIES.