Migration To Rural Communities In The Midwest: Economic Wellbeing And Women At The Household Level

Corinne Valdivia, Pedro V. Dozi and Emma Zapata Martelo

No 92638, Working Papers from University of Missouri Columbia, Department of Agricultural Economics

Abstract: Migration patterns are changing from large metropolis to rural towns. Rather than temporary migration of male heads of households the patterns are now for families to migrate in various stages. Rural Missouri towns have attracted newcomers. Foreign born Hispanics in non metro Missouri have low income earnings, and education, mobility and being woman have a negative effect on income earnings, as regression results show. The livelihoods of rural newcomers are vulnerable, with low income, multiple adults working in the households and with limited English proficiency. This is consistent with the life stories of women in a small town near a meat processing plant in Missouri.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2007-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.92638

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