“Spatial mismatch” is a term used to describe how where people live can isolate them from social services, opportunities for employment, and access to health care and nutritious food.
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Suburban Poverty
- Will Maher
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2018
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Reducing Health Disparities by Poverty Status
- Barbara Wolfe
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- October 2015
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Leveraging big data to help restore the American Dream
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2015
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Finding food assistance and food retailers in Detroit
- Scott W. Allard, Maria V. Wathen, Sandra K. Danziger, and H. Luke Shaefer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2015
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Detroit’s food justice and food systems
- Dorceta E. Taylor and Kerry J. Ard
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2015
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The changing geography of poverty
- Alexandra K. Murphy and Scott W. Allard
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2015
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The Changing Geography of Poverty
- Scott Allard and Alexandra Murphy
- Webinar
- May 20 2015
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Immigrants balance local labor markets
- Brian Cadena and Brian Kovak
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
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Results of the federal urban Empowerment Zone program
- Matias Busso, Jesse Gregory, and Patrick Kline
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
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Waiting tables for a living: How employers and geography affect working conditions
- Anna Haley-Lock
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013