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Cook, Peggy J.; Mizer, Karen L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1994
Summarizes the revised economic and policy types of the Economic Research Service's rural county classification system. The new typology is based on conditions in more recent years, includes Alaska and Hawaii, redefines persistent poverty, includes more county types, makes economic types nonoverlapping, and classifies counties designated as…
Descriptors: Classification, Counties, Economic Status, Employment Patterns
Deavers, Kenneth L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1991
Economies in rural areas during the 1980s were characterized by (1) fewer jobs in resource-based industries; (2) job shifts from manufacturing to services; (3) an increasing concentration of low-wage, low-skill jobs in rural areas; and (4) a growing earnings gap and outmigration of the best educated rural workers. (KS)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Employment Patterns, Rural Areas, Rural Development
Bluestone, Herman; Myers, Paul R. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1987
The Nation's 678 rural manufacturing-dependent counties, hit much harder than other rural counties, have since been recovering more. Total employment growth in rural manufacturing counties exceeded growth in nonmanufacturing counties by about 1 percentage point during 1982-84 and by almost 3 percentage points during 1984-86. (Author)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Economic Climate, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Ghelfi, Linda M.; Parker, Timothy S. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1997
Nine county-level urban-influence categories were developed to enhance research on geographic differences in economic opportunities. Categories differ along many social and economic dimensions: population growth, educational attainment, employment growth, earnings, presence of institutions of higher learning, and hospital and physician supply.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Health Care, Classification, College Graduates
