Abstract
This study investigates the impacts of the shifts in government spending between the years 1980 and 1985 on cities. Employment impacts on the nation's SMSA's is the particular focus of the study. The results of this study indicate that the nations cities suffered unemploment effects due to cuts in grants. Some employment gains were made due to increases in Procurement contracting and Federal employee salaries and wages but the impactsappear to have been mixed with some sectors gaining in employment and others losing employees.
Advisor
Galster, George
Department
Urban Studies
Recommended Citation
Kintu, David B., "The Effect of Federal Spending on Cities between the Years 1980 to 1985" (1988). Senior Independent Study Theses Archive. Paper 141.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudyarchive/141
Publication Date
1988
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 1988 David B. Kintu