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A closer look at Cleveland's latest poverty ranking
News that Cleveland?s poverty rate is the worst in the nation--and rising--has elevated the community?s concern about conditions in the city. But a closer look at the way poverty rates are calculated suggests that all the possible causes of Cleveland?s ranking have not been fully understood.
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Employment growth, job creation, and job destruction in Ohio
Over the past several years, Ohio?s employment has grown much more slowly than the national average. If we look at patterns of job creation and destruction in the state, we can start to get a handle on why. In the late 1990s, not only was the rate of job creation sluggish relative to the nation, but the rate of job destruction climbed rapidly.