COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS TO BACK-TO-THE -LAND AND CONVENTIONAL RURAL HOUSEHOLDS

Gerald Marousek

Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1978, vol. 03, issue 01, 8

Abstract: Migration of people with self-sufficient life-style into conventionally oriented rural communities raises economic, as well as social, issues. Benefit-cost analysis was used to examine the fiscal impacts of eight public programs on two types of residents in an Idaho rural community. Data were obtained from a household survey and local, state, and federal revenue collections and expenditures. "Back-to-the-land" residents paid fewer costs than did conventional rural dwellers, but also received fewer benefits. Age and income were lower in the back-to-the-land population, however, which may have been primarily responsible for that group's smaller educational benefits (the largest program examined) and tax payments.

Keywords: Consumer/Household; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.32408

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