Which Goal: Optimum Output or More Jobs?

Daniel G. Williams

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1980, vol. 03 RDP, issue 3

Abstract: USDA economists recently analyzed possible tradeoffs among competing goals for a limited-resource, rural-oriented, multicounty area. The study examined, by means of a computer simulation technique known as linear programming, differences in regional growth when alternative objectives were maximized. Two conflicting goals were analyzed: maximizing production within the region and maximizing the number of jobs created in the area for local residents.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310130

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