Abstract
In many American cities, residential segregation and the suburbanization of job opportunities combine to reduce geographical accessibility to employment for African-American, inner-city residents. This 'spatial mismatch' is generally thought to be an important cause of the high rates of poverty and unemployment in inner-city neighborhoods. This article examines how researchers evaluate spatial mismatch; the impacts of spatial mismatch on employment and earnings; the roles of transportation access, racial discrimination, and spatial job search in spatial mismatch; and the variation in mismatch across metropolitan areas. Strategies to ameliorate spatial mismatch, including housing, transportation, and economic development policies, are also discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
Pages | 157-160 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080970875 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780080970868 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 26 2015 |
Keywords
- Cities
- Commuting
- Labor markets
- Poverty
- Race
- Racial discrimination
- Segregation
- Spatial mismatch
- Suburbanization
- Unemployment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences