Employment Growth in Rural Services Depends on Goods-Producing Industries

Herman Bluestone and James P. Miller

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1988, vol. 04, issue 2

Abstract: Unless growth in rural manufacturing increases appreciably, service jobs may expand less rapidly in rural than in urban areas. That's because growth in the rural service sector depends importantly on growth in rural goods-producing industries. The revolution in communications and information technology may eventually loosen the ties that bind service industries to large population centers, allowing services to decentralize to rural areas, but that development has yet to show up in any significant way.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310488

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