Journal Article

Competitiveness of Ethnic Minority Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Areas in the Seventh District

Abstract: This article by senior business economist Maude Toussaint-Comeau explores employment change in ethnic minority neighborhoods in the Seventh District in comparison to job growth within their regions before and after the Great Recession. Among the high-level findings is that ethnic neighborhoods in economically growing metro areas tend to have high job growth, underscoring the value of policies that promote economic inclusion

Keywords: poverty; Demography; minority; inclusion; unemployment; labor markets; Metropolitan Areas;

Bibliographic Information

Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Part of Series: Profitwise

Publication Date: 2017

Issue: 4

Pages: 4-25