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The Changing Nature Of Regional Poverty, John V. Moeser, Dillon Massey, Thomas J. Shields
The Changing Nature Of Regional Poverty, John V. Moeser, Dillon Massey, Thomas J. Shields
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Faculty Publications
We’re witnessing a dramatic change in the social geography of greater Richmond. It’s becoming more like that of the global south, where wealth is centered in the cities and poverty rings the outskirts of the city.
Do Economic Development Efforts Benefit All? Business Attraction And Income Inequality, Xiaobing Shuai
Do Economic Development Efforts Benefit All? Business Attraction And Income Inequality, Xiaobing Shuai
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Faculty Publications
This paper extends the current literature on county-level income distribution in the United States by explicitly exploring the effect of business-attraction efforts by state governments. Using county-level job attraction and retention data from 2000 to 2005 in Virginia to explain the income distribution from 2006 to 2010, while controlling for demographic and socioeconomic conditions of local communities, this study shows that bringing in manufacturing jobs can reduce income inequality at the local level while attracting jobs in professional and business services tends to increase local income inequality. The results indicate that state and local governments’ efforts to attract and retain …