Nonmetro Job Growth Lags Its Apparent Potential

Timothy S. Parker

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1991, vol. 07, issue 01

Abstract: The nonmetro economy has grown faster than the metro economy in some years, slower in others. But it has always grown more slowly than overall economic factors suggest it should. Furthermore, the more rural the county, the more it lags behind its potential. The lag seems due to a "rural factor" that represents a penalty for isolation, distance, small size, and other drawbacks of being apart from urban centers.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310927

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