Rural Economic Development: What Makes Rural Communities Grow?

Lorna M. Aldrich and Lorin D. Kusmin

No 33677, Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Factors related to local and regional economic growth are attractiveness to retirees, right-to-work laws, excellent high school completion rates, good public education expenditures, and access to transportation networks. These were associated with improved county earnings in 1979-89, according to a multiple regression analysis of rural counties. Factors associated with poor earnings growth included higher wage levels, concentrations of transfer-payment recipiency, and concentrations of small independent businesses in the goods-producing sector.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.33677

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