Workforce Development
Demographic Aspects of the Changing Rural Labor Force
This report highlights and synthesizes knowledge of labor force and employment trends
Explaining the New Spatial Inequality: Regulatory Policy and Local Economic Capacity
Paper argues that while increasing spatial inequality can be explained with reference to the internationalization of the U.S. economy and firm competitiveness, changing market conditions are not the only factors re-shaping the space economy.
The Slowdown in Nonmetropolitan Development: The Impact of Economic Forces and the Affect on the Distribution of Wages
Paper explores the divergence in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan development over the past decade by addressing three questions.
Poverty and Opportunity Structure in Rural America
Report focuses on State government economic development efforts to rural communities, examining six states' policies and subsequent impact on small agricultural communities.
A Community Researcher’s Guide to Rural Data
Manual was prepared in order to present reliable and timely data as a prerequisite for sound planning and policy development.
Rural Workforce 2000: Skill Upgrading and the Rural Economy, 1970-2000
Report seeks to address the importance of upgrading the skill levels of rural works to match the skill levels of available jobs.
Working Below The Poverty Line: The Growing Problem of Low Earnings in Rural and Urban Areas and the Regions across the United States
This report examines how the earnings of American workers changed from 1970-1990
Executive Summary: Reviving the Rural Factory: Automation and Work in the South
Executive summary of study on automation and automation related work in the southern United States.
Reviving the Rural Factory: Automation & Work in the South
Full study on automation and automation related work in the southern United States.