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Title: The Limits of Prosperity: Growth, Inequality and Poverty in the North Bay

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Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: Economic growth in the California's North Bay region since the 1980s has failed to bring shared prosperity to the region's residents. This report links demographic, industry, labor market, income and quality of life data in four counties--Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Mendocino--to reveal patterns of family income polarization and growing working poverty, with minorities disproportionately affected. These trends are anchored in labor market polarization over the past two decades and the current explosion in low-wage service jobs. The report suggests a range of state and local strategies to lift the wages and incomes of low-wage workers and their families, and expand access to basic needs (e.g., health care and housing).

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Authors: Acland, Dan; Rhee, Nari

Publisher: New Economy, Working Solutions

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare

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