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Spatial Mismatch Outside of Large Urban Areas: An Analysis of Welfare Recipients in Fresno County, California

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  • Blumenberg, Evelyn
  • Shiki, Kimiko

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Numerous scholars assert that welfare recipients face a mismatch between their residential location in inner-city or rural areas where they live far from employment opportunities located in the suburbs. However, the findings of this study bring into question the wholesale application of the spatial mismatch hypothesis to all welfare recipients. Welfare recipients in mid-sized cities such as Fresno, California, do not face spatial barriers to employment since they live in compact areas where distances between residential and employment locations are relatively short. In contrast, job access is important in the non-urbanized areas of Fresno County where welfare recipients how live in job-rich neighborhoods are more likely to be employed than recipients who are dispersed throughout more isolated, non-urbanized areas.

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  • Blumenberg, Evelyn & Shiki, Kimiko, 2003. "Spatial Mismatch Outside of Large Urban Areas: An Analysis of Welfare Recipients in Fresno County, California," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt8xq2k8zn, University of California Transportation Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:uctcwp:qt8xq2k8zn
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    1. Weber, Bruce A. & Jensen, Leif, 2004. "Poverty And Place: A Critical Review Of Rural Poverty Literature," Working Papers 18913, Oregon State University, Rural Poverty Research Center (RPRC).

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