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Work, Wages, and Poverty : Income Distribution in Post-Industrial Philadelphia / Janice Fanning Madden, William J. Stull.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anniversary CollectionPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©1991Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781512807943
  • 9781512807950
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
Summary: 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.

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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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