The Shape Of The Curve

Not all cities lost middle-class households in past 20 years.

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August 5, 2004, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

A new analysis of census data by Alan Berube and Thacher Tiffany shows that middle-class households did not abandon American cities in the 1980s and 1990s, but most locations lack the nation's full income diversity.

Thanks to Elena Sheridan

FULL STORY: The Shape of the Curve: Household Income Distributions in U.S. Cities, 1979-1999

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 in The Brookings Institution

Community / Economic Development Housing United States

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