State-Level Comparison of Metro and Nonmetro Economic Performance, 1979-86

John M. Redman and Thomas D. Rowley

No 278256, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: On average, the metropolitan economies of individual States• exhibited better economic performance during the 1979-86 period than their nonmetro economies. There was wide variation across States, however. To highlight these differences, States are grouped into five performance categories based on the 1979-86 growth of real earnings within a State's metropolitan area, 1979-86 earnings growth within a State's nonmetropolitan area, and the degree of difference between each. This typology is offered as an aid to policymakers in determining whether a special rural development policy may be appropriate for individual States.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 1989-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278256

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