Job Accessibility and the Employment and School Enrollment of Teenagers Keith R. Ihlanfeldt First Chapter | Table of Contents 194 pp. 1992 $17.00 paper 978-0-88099-126-1 Ihlanfeldt presents data that strongly support the "spatial mismatch hypothesis" for the high unemployment rate of disadvantaged teens. This theory, which the author thoroughly outlines in this work, asserts that the suburbanization of low-skill jobs and continued housing market segregation have reduced the job opportunities of inner-city dwelling minorities. This book extends Ihlanfeldt's earlier work on spatial mismatch by incorporating school enrollment decisions and other urban factors into his analysis. Thus, he also demonstrates empirically that job access is related to the high school dropout problem and concludes that poor access to jobs is useful in explaining the relatively low economic welfare of urban blacks. "This book fills an important gap by providing an in-depth look at the impacts of job accessibility on employment and school enrollment among teenagers." –Economic Geography |