Abstract
Based on the Neighborhood Change Database, this study tracks U.S. urban neighborhoods that escaped the high-poverty category during the poverty reduction trend in the 1990s and explores their poverty transition patterns in the subsequent decade. Escaped neighborhoods exhibit a significant propensity to relapse back into high poverty. This study found several neighborhood characteristics to be associated with a neighborhood’s ability to resist poverty relapse, such as high educational attainment and residential stability of the inhabitants. Homeownership is also found to be a neighborhood stabilizer, but its effect varies by specific racial and ethnic groups.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 113-136 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Urban Research and Practice |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 6 Nov 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Apr 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017, © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords
- homeownership
- housing
- neighborhood
- poverty
- race