Jobs in Springfield, Massachusetts: Understanding and Remedying the Causes of Low Resident Employment Rates

Kodrzycki, Yolanda K.; Muñoz, Ana Patricia; Browne, Lynn E.; Green, DeAnna; Benton, Marques; Chakrabarti, Prabal; Walker, Richard; Zhao, Bo

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1559964

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2010

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1559964

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Jobs in Springfield, Massachusetts: Understanding and Remedying the Causes of Low Resident Employment Rates

Yolanda K. Kodrzycki

Ana Patricia Muñoz

Lynn E. Browne³

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“… 15. Kodrzycki and Muñoz (2009a) found that manufacturers made dramatic cuts in jobs located within the city of Springfield during the period 1980 to 2005-2007. The number of city residents working in manufacturing also fell but not as sharply.…”

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Economic Distress and Resurgence in U.S. Central Cities

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2015

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Abstract:This paper provides a review of the literature on U.S. central city growth and distress during the second half of the twentieth century.It finds that city growth tended to be higher in metropolitan areas with favorable weather, higher growth, and greater human capital, while distress was strongly correlated with city-level manufacturing legacy. The article affirms that distress has been highly persistent, but that some cities have achieved resurgence through a combination of strong leadership, collaboration across sectors and institutions, clear and broad-based strategies, and significant infrastructure investments. Finally, the article explores measurement issues by comparing two methodologies used to identify poorly performing central cities: comparisons across a comprehensive national cross-section of cities and comparisons within smaller samples of similar cities. It finds that these approaches have produced similar assessments of a city's status, except in some cases where the city's progress has been uneven across time or with respect to alternative criteria. JEL classifications: R11, R12, R23, R58, O15

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Jobs in Springfield, Massachusetts: Understanding and Remedying the Causes of Low Resident Employment Rates

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