Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ366511
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-0112
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Labor Markets, Industrial Structure, and Poverty: A Theoretical Discussion and Empirical Example.
Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald
Rural Sociology, v52 n1 p56-74 Spr 1987
Proposes social structural view of poverty rates as a function of local opportunity instead of individual-level focus on who is poor. Defines poverty rates as a function of industrial structure and relative power of labor in a locality. Confirms theoretical model with data from 46 South Carolina counties. (LFL)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Definitions, Economic Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Industrial Structure, Labor Market, Labor Utilization, Local Issues, Low Income Counties, Models, Multiple Regression Analysis, Path Analysis, Poverty, Poverty Areas, Rural Areas, Rural Economics, Sociology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Carolina
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