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Gibbs, Robert

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Nonmetro Labor Markets in the Era of Welfare Reform.

Gibbs, Robert – Rural America, 2001

Rural job growth remains behind that of metro areas, hindering efforts to move welfare recipients into successful employment. Those most in need of public assistance have less education, lower earnings, and higher unemployment than average. Welfare recipients are concentrated in rural areas marked by chronic economic distress and low-skilled,…

Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employed Women