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Spatial and Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Labor Force Participation Rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Roger Beck  and
J. Dean Jansma
Roger Beck
Affiliation:
Agricultural Economics, Rutgers University
J. Dean Jansma
Affiliation:
Agricultural Economics, The Pennsylvania State University
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Abstract

An economically viable rural American is generally accepted as a desirable national goal, but few policy guidelines or comprehensive programs1 for attaining this goal have been developed. One reason for the current “piece-meal” approach in pursuing rural development goals is the lack of knowledge about basic economic interactions between the factors influencing the level and distribution of economic activities in rural areas. A second reason is the tendency to design rural development research and extension programs to attain quick payoffs which results in descriptive studies which emphasize what rather than why certain events are occurring in rural areas.

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Fall 1982 , pp. 61 - 69
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

The authors wish to express their appreciation to Frank Goode and other unnamed colleagues for suggestions, comments and assistance in this research endeavor. Authorized for publication as paper number 6033 in journal series of The Pennsylvania State University. Support from the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station is also acknowledged.

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