Place

“Place” refers to where people live, learn, and/or work, and/or the characteristics thereof. It is often used interchangeably with “geography” and “location” in the poverty studies arena. Common measures of place include urbanicity (urban, exurban, suburban, rural), neighborhood, census tract, and region.

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Cutting Child Poverty in Half: Directions for Policymakers

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2020
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Many Rural Americans Are Still “Left Behind”

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2020
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How Well-Being Measures Can Help Communities Fight Poverty and Despair

  • Anita Chandra and Carol Graham
  • Webinar
  • 2019
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Understanding the effects of the U.S. prison boom on rural communities

  • John M. Eason
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2019
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Brian Thiede on the Rural Economy and Barriers to Work in Rural America

  • Brian Thiede
  • Podcasts
  • 2019
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Ensuring Equity in Evolving High School Career and Technical Education Policies

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2019
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The brain science of poverty and its policy implications

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2019
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Reducing high infant mortality rates in the United States

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2019
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Rental Housing Affordability in Dane County

  • Will Maher
  • Poverty Fact Sheet
  • 2019
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Walter Stern on Race and Education in New Orleans: Creating The Segregated City

  • Walter Stern
  • Podcasts
  • 2019