Rural Manufacturing Gets Mixed Reviews

Leonard E. Bloomquist

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1988, vol. 04, issue 3

Abstract: The number of manufacturing jobs grew faster in rural areas than in urban over the past decade and a half. While most rural manufacturers specialize in "routine" (assembly-line) manufacturing, the South and West have seen dramatic growth in jobs in "complex" (often high-tech) manufacturing, which generally pay more and withstand better the assault from imports. Key to further growth of complex manufacturing and to higher pay is worker education.

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310498

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