TY - JOUR
T1 - Social and political forces as determinants of poverty
T2 - A spatial analysis
AU - Rupasingha, Anil
AU - Goetz, Stephan J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Rupasingha is Assistant Professor at American University of Sharjah, U.A.E. Goetz is professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics at Penn State University, and director of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development. The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the US Department of Agriculture under NRI Grant No. 404-08-74CY.
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - This study contributes to basic knowledge of the structural determinants of poverty in the US by analyzing an expanded set of determinants of poverty, namely factors related to economic, social, and political influence using spatial data analysis techniques. New data sets and creative use of existing data sets make it possible to measure some of these county-wide social and political factors that have previously been excluded from formal investigation. Social capital, ethnic and income inequality, local political competition, federal grants, foreign-born population, and spatial effects are found to be important determinants of poverty in US counties along with other conventional factors.
AB - This study contributes to basic knowledge of the structural determinants of poverty in the US by analyzing an expanded set of determinants of poverty, namely factors related to economic, social, and political influence using spatial data analysis techniques. New data sets and creative use of existing data sets make it possible to measure some of these county-wide social and political factors that have previously been excluded from formal investigation. Social capital, ethnic and income inequality, local political competition, federal grants, foreign-born population, and spatial effects are found to be important determinants of poverty in US counties along with other conventional factors.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.021
DO - 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.021
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34249899149
SN - 1053-5357
VL - 36
SP - 650
EP - 671
JO - Journal of Socio-Economics
JF - Journal of Socio-Economics
IS - 4
ER -
