Race and the Micro-Scale Spatial Concentration of Poverty (2008)

Authors: Daniel T. Lichter, Domenico Parisi, Michael C. Taquino, and Brian Beaulieu

Abstract: This paper uses block-group data from the US decennial censuses to document changes in concentrated poverty. It provides several substantive and methodological lessons. First, the majority of poor sub-county areas were located (and hidden) in low poverty counties. Second, the 1990s brought large declines in the share of high-poverty (sub-county) areas and the share of people, including poor people, who lived in them. Third, poor minorities-both in metro and non-metro areas-are highly ghettoized in high-poverty neighbourhoods and are highly segregated from whites and the nonpoor population. Discussions of concentrated poverty cannot be uncoupled from minority residence patterns.

Publication: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society 10(1):1-17

Link: http://cjres.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/1/1/51

Mississippi Business Environment Before and After Katrina: Challenges and Opportunities (2007)

Authors: Domenico Parisi, Steven Michael Grice, and Jed Pressgrove

Abstract: Valid, reliable, and, most importantly, timely information is the most critical aspect for the design and implementation of successful emergency management strategies. This goal, however, is rarely achieved during the aftermath of a disaster. In this paper, we showcase how we used administrative records to assist Mississippi in evaluating the overall impact of Katrina on the state's economy. Specifically, we assisted the state in developing a methodology to generate valid, reliable, and timely information on (1) the business environment and labor market and (2) rehiring and hiring practices. This information was used by the state to design recovery strategies and justify the necessary funds from federal agencies to assist local communities in their economic recovery. The experience of Mississippi clearly shows that valid, reliable, and timely information is critical for developing effective policy.

Publication: Southern Rural Sociology 22(2):64-82

Link: http://www.ag.auburn.edu/auxiliary/srsa/pages/Articles/SRS%202007%2022%202%2064-82.pdf

National Estimates of Racial Segregation in Rural and Small-Town America (2007)

Authors: Daniel T. Lichter, Domenico Parisi, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to provide, for the fi rst time, comparative estimates of racial residential segregation of blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan places in 1990 and 2000. Analyses are based on block data from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. decennial censuses. The results reveal a singularly important and perhaps surprising central conclusion: levels and trends in recent patterns of racial segregation in America's small towns are remarkably similar to patterns observed in larger metropolitan cities. Like their big-city counterparts, nonmetropolitan blacks are America's most highly segregated racial minority-roughly 30% to 40% higher than the indices observed for Hispanics and Native Americans. Finally, baseline ecological models of spatial patterns of rural segregation reveal estimates that largely support the conclusions reached in previous metropolitan studies. Racial residential segregation in rural places increases with growing minority percentage shares and is typically lower in "new" places (as measured by growth in the housing stock), while racially selective annexation and the implied "racial threat" at the periphery exacerbate racial segregation in rural places. Our study reinforces the need to broaden the spatial scale of segregation beyond its traditional focus on metropolitan cities or suburban places, especially as America's population shifts down the urban hierarchy into exurban places and small towns.

Publication: Demography 44(3):563-581

Link: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/demography/v044/44.3lichter.pdf

Authors: Daniel T. Lichter, Domenico Parisi, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Abstract: This paper examines patterns of annexation, including municipal ''underbounding,'' in nonmetropolitan towns in the South; that is, whether blacks living adjacent to municipalities are systematically excluded from incorporation. Annexation-or the lack of annexation-can be a political tool used by municipal leaders to exclude disadvantaged or low-income populations, including minorities, from voting in local elections and from receiving access to public utilities and other community services. To address this question, we use Tiger files, GIS, and other geographically disaggregated data from the Summary Files of the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses. Overall, 22.6 percent of the fringe areas ''at risk'' of annexation in our study communities was African American, while 20.7 percent of the areas that were actually annexed during the 1990s was African American. However, communities with large black populations at the fringe were significantly less likely than other communities to annex at all-either black or white population. Largely white communities that faced a ''black threat''-which we defined in instances where the county ''percent black'' was higher than the place ''percent black''-were also less likely to annex black populations during the 1990s. Finally, predominately white communities were much less likely to annex black populations, even when we controlled for the size of the black fringe population at risk of annexation. Such results provide evidence of racial exclusion in small southern towns.

Publication: Rural Sociology 72(1):47-68

Link: http://www.thecyberhood.net/documents/papers/lichter.pdf

Authors: Domenico Parisi and Daniel T. Lichter

Abstract: N/A

Publication: Population Reference Bureau

Link: http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/HispanicSegregation.aspx?p=1

Authors: Deborah A. Harris and Domenico Parisi

Abstract: The interest in examining patterns of life course events has resulted in the creation of several techniques to gather accurate retrospective data. One of these techniques, the life history calendar, was developed to record and graphically display the interrelatedness of multiple life events. A main advantage of the life history calendar is that it can be applied not only to quantitative studies but also to qualitative research. In this article, we provide the rationale behind life history calendars, discuss their potential use in qualitative research, and describe a research project that used life history calendars to gather qualitative data on welfare dynamics.

Publication: Field Methods 19(1):40-58

Link: http://fmx.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/19/1/40

Authors: Domenico Parisi, Diane K. McLaughlin, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Abstract: We ask whether individual and local factors known to influence reliance on welfare continue to be important under the TANF program, and if such factors differentially affect exit from TANF for African Americans and whites. We use monthly administrative data on TANF recipients from October 1996 to July 2004 from the Mississippi Department of Human Services. These data are linked to local economic, social, and spatial characteristics to estimate discrete time hazard models of TANF exit. Personal barriers to work (e.g., low education and children) and limited economic and social opportunities in communities reduce the likelihood of leaving TANF. The results show that African-American exits from TANF are more influenced by human capital and local economic, social, and spatial conditions than are whites' TANF exits. The work-first initiative under TANF is most viable where individual barriers to work are limited and economic opportunities and community support to become self-sufficient exist for all people.

Publication: Social Science Quarterly 87(1):76-90

Link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118550908/PDFSTART

Does the TANF Work-First Initiative Help Low-Income Families Make Successful Welfare-to-Work Transitions? (2005)

Authors: Domenico Parisi, Deborah Harris, Steven Michael Grice, Michael Taquino, and Duane A. Gill

Abstract: A general argument is how states implement their TANF policy and the extent to which states build partnerships with local communities might affect the chances for low-income families to make a successful welfare-to-work transition. Using data gathered through a key-informant procedure, we find that many low-income families in Mississippi left the TANF rolls because the state implemented "front and back door" policy aimed at reducing caseloads rather than placing clients on a path to self-sufficiency. The results show that the state has failed to address the "true barriers" to work, such as a "mismatch" between training and available jobs, appropriate economic development and transportation and childcare needs. The results also indicate that shifting public responsibility to the clients and local communities will further compromise the well-being of many low-income families because, under TANF, they will pay the cost of their own disadvantage.

Publication: Journal of Poverty 9(1):65-81

Link: http://www.haworthpress.com/store/E-Text/View_EText.asp?a=3&fn=J134v09n01_04&i=1&s=J134&v=9

Multi-Scale Residential Segregation: Black Exceptionalism and America's Changing Color Line (2011)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Daniel T. Lichter, and Michael C. Taquino

Publication: Social Forces

Poverty, Work, and the Local Environment: TANF and EITC (2011)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, Guanqing Chi, and Jed Pressgrove

Publication: Rural Studies Series. Edited by Ann Tickameyer and Kristen Smith. Penn State Press

Highway Expansion Effects on Urban Racial Redistribution in the Post-Civil Rights Period (2011)

Authors: Chi, Guanqing and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Public Works Management & Policy 16(1): 40–58

Internal Migration Effectiveness and Income Effectiveness in the Most Populous cities in the United States (2010)

Authors: Ambinakudige, Shrinidhi and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Population Review 49(2):1-12

Residential Segregation in New Hispanic Destinations: Cities, Suburbs, and Rural Communities Compared (2010)

Authors: Lichter, T. Daniel, Domenico Parisi, Michael C. Taquino, and Steven Michael Grice

Publication: Social Science Research 39:215-230

Community Resiliency to BRAC Recommendations: A Case Study of Two Mississippi Communities (2008)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Deborah A. Harris, Steve Michael Grice, and Jed Pressgrove

Publication: Community Development 34(4): 95-107

Forward Looking Behavior and Time Limits: How Do Rural TANF Clients Manage Their Welfare Eligibility? (2008)

Authors: Harris, Deborah A. and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Journal of Poverty 12(3):265-282

Concentrated Rural Poverty and the Geography of Exclusion (2008)

Authors: Lichter, Daniel T., and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Rural Realities Fall 2008

Looking for 'Mr. Right': The Viability of Marriage Initiatives for African American Women in Rural Settings

Authors: Harris, Deborah A. and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Sociological Spectrum 28:338-56

Welfare and Family Economic Security: Toward a New Poverty Knowledge (2008)

Authors: Harris, Deborah and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Sociology and Social Welfare 35(3):97-114

Race and the Micro-Scale Spatial Concentration of Poverty (2008)

Authors: Lichter, Daniel T., Domenico Parisi, Michael C. Taquino, and Brian Beaulieu

Publication: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society10(1):1-17

Missisippi Business Environment and the Impact on Economic Development (2007)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico and Steven Michael Grice

Publication: Cational Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University

Sara Lee NEG: The Impact of Plant Closings on Job Readiness and Training (2007)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico and Steven Michael Grice

Publication: National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University

Mississippi Manufacturers: Preparing for the Jobs of the Future (2007)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico and Steven Michael Grice

Publication: Workforce, Economic & Community Development Research Unit, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Racial Segregation in Rural and Small Town America: Does New York State Fit the National Pattern? (2007)

Authors: Lichter, Daniel T., Domenico Parisi, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Community and Rural Development Institute Research and Policy Brief Series 10

Hispanic Segregation in New Rural Destinations: Living Together Apart? (2007)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico and Daniel T. Lichter

Publication: Population Reference Bureau

Link: http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/HispanicSegregation

Mississippi Business Environment Before and After Katrina: Challenges and Opportunities (2007)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, and Jed Pressgrove

Publication: Southern Rural Sociology 22:64-82

National Estimates of Racial Segregation in Rural and Small Town America (2007)

Authors: Lichter, Daniel T., Domenico Parisi, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Demography 44(3):563-581

Municipal Underbounding: Annexation and Racial Exclusion in Southern Small Towns (2007)

Authors: Lichter, Daniel T., Domenico Parisi, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Rural Sociology 72(1):47-68

Adapting Life History Calendars for Qualitative Research on Welfare Transitions (2007)

Authors: Harris, Deborah A. and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Field Methods 19(1):40-58

Exiting TANF: Individual and Local Factors and Their Differential Influence Across Racial Groups (2007)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Diane K. McLaughlin, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Social Science Quarterly 87(1):76-90

Mississippi Delta Economic and Labor Market Landscape and Prospects (2006)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, and Neil R. White

Publication: Workforce, Economic, & Community Development Research Unit, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

A Community Approach to Examine the Potential Impact of BRAC Recommendations on Pascagoula and Meridian, Mississippi (2006)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, Deborah A. Harris, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Workforce, Economic, & Community Development Research Unit, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Mississippi Business Environment Before and After Katrina: Challenges and Opportunities (2006)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, Deborah A. Harris, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Workforce, Economic, & Community Development Research Unit, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Gender Role Ideologies and Marriage Promotion: State Policy Choices and Suggestions for Improvement (2005)

Authors: Harris, Deborah A. and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Review of Policy Research 22(6):841-858

The Environmentalization of Agriculture: Understanding Factors Affecting Public Support for Precision Agriculture (2005)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Michael Taquino, and Steven Michael Grice

Publication: International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 1(2):169-176

Community Concentration of Poverty and its Consequences on Nonmetro County Persistence of Poverty in Mississippi (2005)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, Michael Taquino, and Duane A. Gill

Publication: Sociological Spectrum 25(4):469-483

Does the TANF Work-First Initiative Help Low-Income Families Make Successful Welfare-to-Work Transitions? (2005)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Deborah Harris, Steven Michael Grice, Michael Taquino, and Duane A. Gill

Publication: Journal of Poverty 9(1):65-81

Book Review: Welfare Reform in West Virginia (2005)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico

Publication: Rural Sociology 70(2):279-281 (Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2004)

Mississippi and WIA Economic and Labor Market Analysis (2005)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Workforce, Economic, & Community Development Research Unit, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Civic Responsibility and the Environment: Linking Local Conditions to Community Environmental Activeness (2004)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Michael Taquino, Steven Michael Grice, and Duane A. Gill

Publication: Society and Natural Resources 17 (2):97-112

Healthy Child Care Mississippi (2004)

Authors: Gill, Duane A., Steven Michael Grice, Domenico Parisi, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Unit for Community and Environmental Studies, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Workforce Investment Act Customer Satisfaction Survey: July 2002 to June 2003 (2004)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Duane A. Gill, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Unit for Community and Environmental Studies, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

WIN in Mississippi: Reaching Out to Dislocated Workers (2004)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, Michael Taquino, and Duane A. Gill

Publication: Unit for Community and Environmental Studies, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

TANF Participation Rates: Do Community Conditions Matter? (2003)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, Diane K. McLaughlin, Michael Taquino, and Duane A. Gill

Publication: Rural Sociology 68(4):491-512

Promoting Environmental Democracy Using GIS as a Means to Integrate Community into the EPA BASINS Approach (2003)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Michael Taquino, Steven Michael Grice, and Duane A. Gill

Publication: Society and Natural Resources 16(3):205-219

Devolution: Who's Responsible for Rural America? (2003)

Authors: Sharp, Jeff S. and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century, edited by David L. Brown and Louis F. Swanson. Pennsylvania State University Press

Community Capacity and Food Insecurity in the Era of Welfare Reform (2003)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Duane A. Gill, and Deborah A. Harris

Publication: Unit for Community and Environmental Studies, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Workforce Investment Act Customer Satisfaction Survey: July 2001 to June 2002 (2003)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Duane A. Gill, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Unit for Community and Environmental Studies, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Poverty and Inequality in the Context of Welfare Reform (2003)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Social Problems Forum: The SSSP Newsletter 34(2):19-21

Units of Analysis and the Environmental Justice Hypothesis: The Case of Industrial Hog Farms (2002)

Authors: Taquino, Michael, Domenico Parisi, and Duane Gill

Publication: Social Science Quarterly 83(1):298-316

TANF/Welfare Decline and Community Context in the Rural South, 1997-2000 (2002)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Diane K. McLaughlin, Michael Taquino, Steven Michael Grice, and Neil R. White

Publication: Southern Rural Sociology 18(1):154-185

Building Capacity for Community Efficacy for Economic Development in Mississippi (2002)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, Michael Taquino, and Duane A. Gill

Publication: Journal of the Community Development Society 33(2):19-38

Social Capital, Structural Conditions, and Mortality: A Study of Nonmetropolitan Counties in Mississippi (2002)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Steven Michael Grice, Michael Taquino, and Duane A. Gill

Publication: Southern Rural Sociology 18(2):111-129

Workforce Investment Act Customer Satisfaction Survey Pilot Study (2002)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Duane A. Gill, Lionel J. Beaulieu, Deborah A. Harris, Michael Taquino, and Steven Michael Grice

Publication: Unit for Community and Environmental Studies, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Choctaw County Multi-Use/Multi-Purpose Impoundment Preliminary Feasibility Study: Decision Support Laboratory Session Findings on Quality Of Life Issues (2002)

Authors: Gill, Duane A., Liesel Ritchie, and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Unit for Community and Environmental Studies, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Community, Democracy, and Rural Development (2001)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico

Publication: Southern Perspectives 5(2):9

Public Perception about Agricultural Pollution in Mississippi (2001)

Authors: Hite, Diane, Darren Hudson, and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Mississippi State University Extension Service, Bulletin 100

Food Stamp Dynamics across Rural and Urban Landscapes in the Era of Welfare Reform (2001)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Duane A. Gill, Steven Michael Grice, Michael Taquino, and Deborah Harris

Publication: Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University

Riparian Management's Role within a Basin-Scale Management Partnership (2001)

Authors: Ballweber, Jeffery A., Domenico Parisi, and James R. Steil

Publication: Association Water Resources Association Proceedings: Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Use Watersheds, August 2000, Portland, Oregon

Place-Based Community Research and Resource Management (2001)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico and Duane A. Gill

Publication: Proceedings of the 2000 Information Transfer Meeting of the Minerals Management Service, Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington D.C.

Building Community Step by Step to Shoulder More Responsibility: A Procedure to Identify and Measure Community (2000)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Duane A. Gill, and Michael Taquino

Publication: Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University

Beyond the EPA-BASINS Approach to Water Management (2000)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Jeff Ballweber, Michael Taquino, Duane Gill, and James R. Steil

Publication: Published in the National Water Conference proceedings,August, New Orleans

Willingness to Pay for Precision Application Technology to Reduce Agricultural Non-point Pollution (2000)

Authors: Hite, Diane, Darren Hudson, and Domenico Parisi

Publication: Published in the Water Resources Institute Meetings conference proceedings, April, Raymond, MS

Doing Community-Sustainable-Development Research (2000)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Duane A. Gill, Michael Taquino, and Giampaolo Catelli

Publication: Formazione e Societa; Rivista semestrale di educazione permanente 14(1):101-120.Catania, Italy

Identifying and Measuring Community: A Necessary Step to Promote Rural Development in the Nation at Large (1999)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico and Michael Taquinoi

Publication: Published in the 1999 Rural Sociological Society Community Interest Group Proceedings, August 1999, Chicago

Four Orders of Misspecification of Rural Research (1998)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico

Publication: Formazione e Societa; Rivista semestrale di educazione permanente 12(2):127-142.Catania, Italy

Assessing the Impact of the 1964 Wilderness Act upon Tourism (1996)

Authors: Parisi, Domenico

Publication: Published in the 1996 International Symposium Proceeding Book on New Uses for Old Buildings in the Context of the Landscape Planning. Piacenza, Italy