The report addresses three questions: How prepared are low-income residents of Palm Beach County to participate in the regional economy as workers and possibly entrepreneurs? What opportunities exist for low-income residents in the regional economy and in the county's economic development plans? How well do existing market intermediaries operate for low-income residents? To answer these questions, several data sources were used and organized into a framework to analyze the labor market characteristics of the different segments of the county's low-income population.
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