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Download full textBailey, Jon M.; Preston, Kim – 2003
In the six-state region of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 182 counties have been identified as having an agriculturally based economy. Characteristics of these counties have been identified using data from the U.S. Census and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Agriculturally based counties have lost…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Entrepreneurship, Farmers, Incentives
Watkins, Julia M.; Watkins, Dennis A. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
Examines current social policies and the extent to which they address rural needs. Focuses on primary issues raised by programs of social insurance, public assistance, and economic development. Notes differences between pre- and post-transfer income and their impact on self-sufficiency for rural populations. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Federal Programs, Government Role, Income
Lyson, Thomas A., Ed.; Falk, William W., Ed. – 1993
This book examines predominantly rural regions of the United States that lag behind the rest of the country in income, employment, access to services, and measures of education and health. Case studies of nine regions examine historical background; current economic and social conditions (including demography, educational attainment, and…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Case Studies, Demography, Economic Development
Summers, Gene F.; And Others – 1974
Utilizing 178 case study documents on U.S. plant locations in the rural Midwest and South between 1945 and 1974, consideration was given to the impact of industrial development on population dynamics, private and public sectors, and the quality of well being in the host communities. Thirty-one empirical generalizations were derived from the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Demography, Economic Change
Castle, Emery N.; And Others – 1983
This workshop collection contains a paper which analyzes the actual and potential income and wealth sources of rural inhabitants, an appendix which discusses the effectiveness of current transfer payment programs in reaching the rural poor, and a reviewer's comments. The paper by Emery Castle and Mark Goldstein describes incomes of rural residents…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Income
Deavers, Kenneth L.; Brown, David L. – 1985
Rural areas' population growth, location, level of economic activity and social well-being depend less on natural resource endowments than on such factors as transportation, communication, labor force characteristics, and urbanization. General causes of the 1970's urban-to-rural migration included fewer changes in the structure of agriculture,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Change, Income
Deavers, Kenneth L.; And Others – 1983
A paper examining recent changes in the social and economic development of rural America--with comments by a different author--and a paper discussing rural policy comprise this workshop collection. Placing the changes of the 1970s in a broader historical perspective and developing a general framework within which to consider the influence of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Definitions, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Change
