Job growth not the only factor in reducing poverty in large metro areas

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 13:42 in Psychology & Sociology

A new study suggests that it may be easier for people living in small metropolitan areas to get out of poverty than it is for those living in large metro areas. The study by researchers at Ohio State University and Oklahoma State University found that despite an increase in the number of jobs created during the 1990s, many people living in large metro areas across the United States failed to find jobs.

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