Spaces & Flows: Ninth International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies

Abstract

In this study, we conduct a systematic review of urban poverty and interactions with income. We follow a methodology proposed by Khan, Kunz, Kleignen, & Antes, 2003. We use Web of Science, EBSCO, SCOPUS and JSTOR. We first look at the labor market factors that contribute to and are related to poverty. We also focus on the mechanisms to effectively erradicate monetary poverty. We find these mechanisms are represented in social policy, and are related to labor policy: minimum wage, productivity, and return on education. Results in this review have the objective to uncover the common characteristics found in the literature that explain the most important elements about urban poverty with the hope of contributing to conceptualizing urban poverty in a different way that his been traditionally observed, often following only a rural approach.