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New Census Data Underscore Metro Poverty's Persistence in 2012

September 19, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone and Jane Williams
Next Week’s Poverty Numbers: What Metro Areas Can Expect

September 12, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Interactive

September 10, 2013
America's Shifting Suburban Battlegrounds

August 16, 2013, Alan Berube and Elizabeth Kneebone
Suburban Poverty Traverses the Red/Blue Divide

August 6, 2013, Alan Berube, Elizabeth Kneebone and Jane Williams
Food Stamp Cuts Would Hit Growing Suburban Poor

August 5, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone
A Question of Terms: Suburban Poverty Authors Respond

June 18, 2013
Suburban Poverty Profiles: Montgomery County, Maryland

May 22, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube
Cul-de-Sac Poverty

May 21, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube
Confronting Suburban Poverty in America - Release Event

May 20, 2013
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When people think of poverty in America, they tend to think of inner city neighborhoods or isolated rural communities. But today, suburbs are home to the largest and fastest growing poor population in the country.
May 20, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone, CNNMoney.com
Confronting Suburban Poverty in America

2013, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube
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Really the location of employment relates to a number of different issues that affect the long term health, inclusivity, and sustainability of metropolitan areas.
May 7, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone, North Country Public Radio
The jobs that are growing fastest are jobs that don't pay very high wages. Lower-wage jobs are among the most suburbanized.
April 23, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone, The Huffington Post
Job Sprawl Stalls: The Great Recession and Metropolitan Employment Location

April 18, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone
In Atlanta, the poor population in the city held steady between 2000 and 2010 while the poor population in the suburbs grew by 122 percent—more than doubling over the course of the decade. Suburban poverty brings added challenges. It’s not just about people moving to the suburbs. It’s also people living in the suburbs slipping down the economic ladder.
February 18, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone,
New State Data Show EITC’s Widespread Anti-Poverty Impact

January 11, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone and Jane Williams
A New Look at How the Tax Code Works for Working Families

November 19, 2012, Elizabeth Kneebone
The Changing Geography of Metropolitan Poverty

September 20, 2012, Elizabeth Kneebone
Earnings for middle and lower-wage workers have fallen or stagnated over time. So you can have a situation where jobs are being created ... but the types of jobs matter. If those are jobs that pay low wages, even if you're working full-time, that might not be enough to lift you above the poverty line.
September 20, 2012, Elizabeth Kneebone, 24/7 Wall St
U.S. Poverty Continues its Post-Recession Grip

September 13, 2012, Elizabeth Kneebone
The Great Recession raised poverty rates and reduced household incomes in the vast majority of metro areas. The deep downturn left relatively few places untouched.
July 27, 2012, Alan Berube, Economy in Crisis
The Re-Emergence of Concentrated Poverty: Metropolitan Trends in the 2000s

November 3, 2011, Elizabeth Kneebone, Carey Nadeau and Alan Berube
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City and Suburban Crime Trends in Metropolitan America

May 26, 2011, Elizabeth Kneebone and Steven Raphael
Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metro America

May 12, 2011, Adie Tomer, Elizabeth Kneebone, Robert Puentes and Alan Berube
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