Changing Texas : Implications of Addressing or Ignoring the Texas Challenge.
Title:
Changing Texas : Implications of Addressing or Ignoring the Texas Challenge.
Author:
Murdock, Steve H.
ISBN:
9781623491666
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (294 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Conceptual and Empirical Basis for the Work -- The State of Knowledge: Population, Education, and Socioeconomic Change -- Growth in Minority Populations -- Race/Ethnicity and Education -- Education, Income, and Socioeconomic Change -- Content of, Definitions Affecting, and Limitations Impacting This Work -- Organization -- Cautions and Clarifications -- Definitional Changes -- Change in Terminology Related to Race/Ethnicity -- Change in Policy -- The Uncertainty of Projections -- Conclusion -- 2. Recent and Projected Population Change in Texas -- Historic Patterns of Population Change -- Projected Population -- Summary -- 3. Recent and Projected Household Change in Texas -- Recent Patterns of Household Change -- Projections of Households and Household Characteristics -- Racial/Ethnic Diversity and Increasing Elderly -- Growing Diversity in Household Forms -- Summary -- 4. Effects of Demographic Change on the Size, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Texas Labor Force -- Recent Trends in Labor Force Characteristics -- Current and Projected Future Patterns of Change in the Labor Force -- Socioeconomic Implications of the Demographic Change in the Labor Force -- Summary -- 5. Effects of Demographic Change on Selected Economic Factors Impacting the Private and Public Sectors of Texas -- Economic Change in the Private and Public Sectors From 2000 to 2010 -- Effects of Demographic Change on Future Economic Change -- Effects of Demographic Change on the Private Sector -- Economic Impacts of Change in Household Types -- Impacts of Population Change on Households' Net Worth and Assets -- Demographic Impacts on Housing -- Summary -- 6. Public Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Education.
Historical Patterns of Educational Change -- Projections of Enrollment in Public Educational Institutions -- Projected Increases in Specialized Education Programs -- Public Expenditures for Education -- Projections of Unmet Financial Need -- Summary -- 7. Health, Human, and Correctional Services in Texas -- Health and Health Care in Texas -- Health Related Incidences and Disabling Conditions -- Health Care Personnel -- Public Health Care Assistance Programs -- Medically Uninsured -- TANF and SNAP in Texas -- Correctional Services: Youth and Adult -- Summary -- 8. The Effects of Demographic Change on Selected Transportation Services and Demand -- Historic Change in the Characteristics of the Driving Population -- Change in Driving Patterns of the Texas Population -- The Effects of Future Demographic Change on Future Transportation Use -- Age Effects on Transportation -- Impact of Population Change on Vehicle Ownership -- Demographic Impact on Workers' Modes of Commuting -- Alternative Projection Scenarios -- Summary -- 9. Conclusions and Implications for the Future of Texas -- The Continuation of Minority Population Growth -- Minority Status and Socioeconomic Resources -- Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Resources -- Baseline Patterns of Change -- Projections Using Baseline Patterns -- Conclusions and Implications -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Drawing on nearly thirty years of prior analyses of growth, aging, and diversity in Texas populations and households, the authors of Changing Texas: Implications of Addressing or Ignoring the Texas Challenge examine key issues related to future Texas population change and its socioeconomic implications. Current interpretation of data indicates that, in the absence of any change in the socioeconomic conditions associated with the demographic characteristics of the fastest growing populations, Texas will become poorer and less competitive in the future. However, the authors delineate how such a future can be altered so that the "Texas Challenge" becomes a Texas advantage, leading to a more prosperous future for all Texans.Presenting extensive data and projections for the period through 2050, Changing Texas permits an educated preview of Texas at the middle of the twenty-first century. Discussing in detail the implications of population-related change and examining how the state could alter those outcomes through public policy, Changing Texas offers important insights for the implications of Texas' changing demographics for educational infrastructure, income and poverty, unemployment, healthcare needs, business activity, public funding, and many other topics important to the state, its leaders, and its people. Perhaps most importantly, Changing Texas shows how objective information, appropriately analyzed, can inform governmental and private-sector policies that will have important implications for the future of Texas.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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