Spatial Mismatch between Jobs
and People
n Majority of low-skilled jobs (e.g. service and retail)
have relocated to the suburbs; majority of low-skilled
workers live in city or inner suburbs.
n Between 1980-90, American cities lost 15% of their low-
skilled industry jobs.
n Jobs in central city have become increasingly white-
collar; majority of white-collar workers live in
suburbs.
n 58% of all jobs in American cities are filled by persons with
more than a high school education.