Identifying who are the poor in Leon County may help to explain why poverty persists; and, of course, knowing why people are poor is a prerequisite for designing effective policies to eradicate the problem. / As the econometric models in this paper demonstrate, poverty has many causes--causes which appear to be mainly linked to economic traits. Among these economic traits that cause impoverishment are the lack of education, experience, and good health. Results of this study also suggest that intergenerational factors for certain groups--father's and mother's educations, father's and mother's occupations, and number of children of parents during one's youth--are probable causal factors. Finally, analysis of the possible causes of poverty imply that altering economic traits alone may be insufficient; market imperfections in the form of discrimination (race and sex) will have to be properly addressed. Poverty in Leon County amid such obvious affluence is a definite reality, and any meaningful and effective strategy designed to eradicate it must be long-term and multi-faceted and consists of programs that will address economic and social factors that create it. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-03, Section: A, page: 0868. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74782 |
| Contributors | DANIELS, RUDOLPH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 154 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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