This paper studies the impact of automobile production on the poverty rate of Alabama's counties. The findings suggest that automobile production in Alabama significantly reduces the poverty rate in all counties. The impact of automobile production on poverty reduction in distressed black belt...

This paper studies the spatial effect of employment growth on population growth in Florida's counties by developing a regional growth model as spatial panel simultaneous equations model of population and employment using county data for the period 1990-2010. Partial lag adjustment is introduced...