Federal Outlays by Type of Nonmetro County

Bernal L. Green

No 334255, Rural Development Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: This report uses a new method of grouping Federal payments into six categories to examine how the payments were distributed among eight types of nonmetro counties in fiscal year 1980. Federal payments to nonmetro areas were highest for the “income transfers" category (which includes Social Security) and lowest for the “agriculture'' category (which includes commodity programs and other farm programs). Per capita income transfers were highest in "retirement" counties (counties that attract retirees), suggesting that the economic base of these counties may be more stable than that of counties that depend mainly on farming, manufacturing, or mining.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 1987-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.334255

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