Matching New Jobs to Rural Workers

William R. Gillis and Ron E. Shaffer

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1987, vol. 04, issue 01

Abstract: Communities often try to boost their economies by luring new industry. Sometimes the match does not quite fit. A community could better the odds if it knew the kinds of industries best suited for local workers. This article does just that. It highlights industry hiring preferences: men, women, young, older, and so on. The matchups make an interesting point for working women: health and business services, two of the fastest growing business sectors, tend to have high proportions of women in their workforces.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310464

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