Work, Wages, and Poverty : : Income Distribution in Post-Industrial Philadelphia / / Janice Fanning Madden, William J. Stull.
The authors analyze how the industrial shift toward services and the deconcentration of the Philadelphia region's employment and population affected the distribution of income during the 1980s.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anniversary Collection
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- List of Tables in Text
- List of Figures in Text
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overview of the 1991 Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Economy
- 3. Changes in the Distribution of Income
- 4. How Work, Workers, and Wages Changed in the 1980s
- 5. The Region's Poverty Rate During the 1980s
- 6. Changes in Public Welfare Programs and Recipients
- 7. The Economic Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities Within the Metropolitan Area
- 8. Housing in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, 1950-1990
- 9. Policy Overview
- List of Appendices and Appendix Tables
- Index