A Comparison of Military Base Closures: Metro and Nonmetro Counties, 1961-90

Thomas D. Rowley and Peter L. Stenberg

No 278693, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: This report describes socioeconomic changes in local economies following closure of a military base. Comparisons are drawn between effects in nonmetro and metro counties, and between counties experiencing a base-closing and all other counties. Despite extreme variation in economic growth among base-closing counties, three intriguing conclusions are found: 1) job losses tended to constitute a higher percentage of total employment in nonmetro counties than in metro counties; 2) of the 83 base-closing counties studied, one-third did not regain as many civilian jobs as were lost; 3) growth rates for employment, income, and population were slower in the average nonmetro base-closing county than in both the average metro base-closing county and the average nonmetro county nationwide.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25
Date: 1993-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278693

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