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Rural Residents Get Equal Pay With Most, But Not All, Newcomers.
Bhola, Jacqueline; Daberkow, Stan – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Profiles personal characteristics and employment of 1,131 long-term Kentucky residents (71%), early migrants (12%), and late migrants (17%) in 1979. Indicates early migrants, with 5-10 years residence, earned more, despite similar characteristics, than long-term residents and recent migrants. Identifies factors influencing wages for each group in…
Descriptors: Employment, Income, Individual Characteristics, Rural Development
New Perspectives on the Rural Economy. Hearing on New Perspectives on the Rural Economy before the Subcommittee on Rural Economy and Family Farming of the Committee on Small Business. United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Small Business. – 1987
Testimony and prepared statements presented at a hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Rural Economy and Family Farming focused on the concerns of rural small business. Witnesses included Senators from Montana, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa, and nine representatives of business, state government,…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Climate, Employment, Futures (of Society)
Recent Contributions of Small Businesses and Corporations to Rural Job Creation.
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Miller, James P. – 1987
Independent (single-establishment) businesses with fewer than 100 employees accounted for 31% of the net increase in private nonfarm jobs in nonmetropolitan areas between 1976 and 1980, when the nation's employment was expanding rapidly. Those independent businesses which were in operation less than 5 years in 1980 created jobs at a net rate of…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Economic Factors