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October 19, 2018

Study: Job growth no cure for poverty

  • A Harvard economist says he has found no association between job growth and economic mobility for poor residents of the affected areas.
    • By JOSH BOAK
    AP Economics Writer

    BALTIMORE — A healthy dose of job growth has long been seen as a likely cure for poverty. But new research suggests that poor Americans are frequently left behind even when their cities or communities benefit from hiring booms.

    When such cities as Atlanta and Charlotte enjoyed a job surge in the 20 years that began in 1990, for example, the job gains mostly bypassed residents — often African-American — who had been born into poverty.


     
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