Understanding falling poverty in the poorest places: An examination of the experience of the Texas borderland and lower mississippi delta, 1990-2000

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-236

  Fontenot, Kayla ^a   Singelmann, Joachim ^a   Slack, Tim ^a   Siordia, Carlos ^b   Poston Jr , Dudley L ^b   Saenz, Rogelio ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower mississippi delta; Poverty; Spatial inequality; Texas borderland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951921244     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875541003712183     Document Type: Article

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