This article examines increasing racial diversity of suburban areas in the 50 largest metropolitan areas of the United States, analyzes the stability of racially diverse areas, and proposes a variety of policies designed to promote stably integrated neighborhoods, municipalities, and schools....

A discussion of the effects that the combination of supplemental income and labor productivity have on the measurement of metropolitan labor-cost differentials in manufacturing, using data from the 20 largest SMSAs.

This book focuses on economic relationships within the eight counties in the Philadelphia Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area. Long-term economic developments, changes in socioeconomic profiles between 1960 and 1980, and patterns of employment are examined on a county by county. Special...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- One. Introduction -- Two. Overall Economic Trends in the Philadelphia Area -- Three. Relative Strengths of Industrial Sectors in the Philadelphia Area -- Four. The Economic Environment of the Philadelphia Area -- Five. Executive Summary...