Job Accessibility and the Employment and School Enrollment of Teenagers
本书基于空间错配假说，实证分析工作可达性如何影响弱势青少年的就业和高中辍学问题，对理解城市黑人的经济福利有参考价值。
Ihlanfeldt presents data that strongly support the mismatch hypothesis for the high unemployment rate of disadvantaged teens. This theory, which the author thoroughly outlines in this work, asserts that the suburbanization of low-skill jobs and continued housing market segregation have reduced the job opportunities of inner-city dwelling minorities. This book extends Ihlanfeldt's earlier work on spatial mismatch by incorporating school enrollment decisions and other urban factors into his analysis. Thus, he also demonstrates empirically that job access is related to the high school dropout problem and concludes that poor access to jobs is useful in explaining the relatively low economic welfare of urban blacks.