“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.
Understanding the effects of the U.S. prison boom on rural communities
- John M. Eason
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- November 2019
Brian Thiede on the Rural Economy and Barriers to Work in Rural America
- Brian Thiede
- Podcasts
- September 2019
Ensuring Equity in Evolving High School Career and Technical Education Policies
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2019
The brain science of poverty and its policy implications
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2019
Reducing high infant mortality rates in the United States
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2019
Rental Housing Affordability in Dane County
- Will Maher
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- May 2019
Walter Stern on Race and Education in New Orleans: Creating The Segregated City
- Walter Stern
- Podcasts
- April 2019
A history of residential segregation in the United States
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- March 2019
Segregation and subprime lending within and across metropolitan areas
- Jackelyn Hwang, Michael Hankinson, and Kreg Steven Brown
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- March 2019
Reducing pregnancy-Related maternal deaths in the United States
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2018