Poor children growing up in Atlantic County have some of the nation’s worst financial prospects, according to a recently released study using federal tax records.
Researchers from the Equality of
Opportunity Project, led by Harvard University economists, looked at
data on more than 5 million children whose families moved across
counties between 1996 and 2012.
It ranked Atlantic County 2,455th
out of 2,478 counties in the U.S. for improving financial outcomes. The
county fell between Greenville, South Carolina, and Monroe, Georgia.
The bottom of the list is dominated by Southern states.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/growing-up-poor-in-atlantic-county-means-likely-staying-poor/article_11dedc78-f2cd-11e4-a0d6-d3c8b125bc95.html
Cumberland County ranked 2,334th, Cape May County 1,970th and Ocean County 1,512th.
The study asked whether the
geographic area in which poor children grow up affects their chances for
upward economic ability. The answer was yes and suggests that
lower-income parents attempt to move to more economically and racially
integrated areas with less concentrated poverty, especially when their
children are young.
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