A dynamic approach to population change in central cities and their suburbs, 1980-1990: crime, employment, and spatial proximity

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, The, April, 2005 by Joong-Hwan Oh

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JOONG-HWAN OH, Joong-Hwan Oh is Associate Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, The City University of New York. His current research interests include urban change, and central city crime, the social bonds of urban elderly residents, and immigration.