Growth and convergence in metropolitan America
- 作者: Pack, Janet Rothenberg.
- 出版: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ©2002.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xvii, 214 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color), color maps.
- 叢書名: Brookings metro series
- 標題: EconomicsComparative. , Cities and towns United States -- Growth. , États-Unis Politique économique. , Disparités régionales , Metropolitan areas , Economic Conditions. , Economic History. , Disparités régionales États-Unis. , Metropolitan areas Economic aspects. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics -- Comparative. , Growth. , Politique économique. , Population Economic aspects. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS , Population , Croissance. , Cities and towns , United States , Regional disparities. , United States Economic policy. , POLITICAL SCIENCE , Electronic books. , POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions. , Villes , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic History. , Villes États-Unis -- Croissance. , PopulationEconomic aspects. , Economic policy. , Cities and towns Growth. , États-Unis , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic Conditions. , Regional disparities , Regional disparities United States. , United States. , Economic aspects. , United States Population -- Economic aspects.
- ISBN: 0815702477 , 9780815702474
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and indexes.
- 摘要: Annotation While the suburbs of most metropolitan areas are wealthier than their urban counterparts, rapid regional growth can improve the welfare of both city and suburb, according to a new book from Janet Rothenberg Pack. In Growth and Convergence in Metropolitan America, Pack identifies growth trends that have contributed to the convergence of welfare among regions. Pack analyzes demographic, social, and economic data from 277 metropolitan areas in the northeastern, midwestern, southern, and western United States between 1960 and 1990. Her analysis reveals a strong connection between regional growth and improved socioeconomic vitality. She finds little connection between population growth -- the focus of many previous studies -- and well-being, but a strong connection between per capita income growth and well-being. Moreover, there has been a major change in the factors associated with economic growth between the 1970s and 1980s. In the latter decade, the importance of an educated labor force and major universities, have assumed major importance. This appears likely to have continued to be true in the 1990s. While current urban policy has focused on intra-metropolitan cooperation as the key to improving conditions in declining or slow-growing urban areas, Pack's analysis emphasizes the major differences among the larger regions of the country -- both their cities and suburbs. From this perspective, national policies, both macro-economic policy and the progressive income tax, appear to be the most effective influences promoting regional convergence and improving the socio-economic well-being of both city and suburban residents.
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Annotation Much of the contemporary urban policy literature is focused on particular cities, examining differences between urban and suburban areas. Pack (business, public policy, and real estate, the Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania) contends that comparison of regions is also necessary for understanding disparities of wealth and population. She analyzes a data set of 277 metropolitan regions in the United States, exploring income, poverty, unemployment rates, and educational levels between 1960 and 1990. She finds that within regions there is a general convergence among levels of urban welfare, which suggests that those setting urban policy need to consider addressing regions as a whole, rather than coming up with individual policies for each city. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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