Job Sprawl's Spatial Mismatch
17 February 2005 - 2:00pm
A study finds that 'job sprawl' exacerbates certain dimensions of racial inequality in America.
An analysis of data on the location of people and jobs, including a "job sprawl" measure of employment decentralization, for metropolitan areas in 2000 finds that...job sprawl exacerbates certain dimensions of racial inequality in America. By better linking job growth with existing residential patterns, policies to promote balanced metropolitan development could help narrow the spatial mismatch between blacks and jobs, and improve their employment outcomes over time.
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The Brookings Institution, February 16, 2005
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