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Creator:: Sorte, Bruce, Lewin, Paul, and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Our analysis in this paper estimates what the impact on Oregon counties would have been if Secure Rural Schools funding had not been continued. We show the SRS payments to counties for 2006-07 and thus the expected annual net loss of revenues if SRS payments had ended. This estimate is...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce, Lewin, Paul, and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Our analysis in this paper provides updated estimates of what the impact on Oregon counties would have been if Secure Rural Schools funding had not been continued. The original report used estimates from the June 2008 Initial Report of the Governor’s Task Force on Federal Forest Payments and County Services....
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Creator:: Weber, Bruce, Castle, Emery N., Oakerson, Ronald, Hite, James, Kilkenny, Maureen, and National Rural Studies Committee
Abstract:: The papers in this collection grew out of an organized symposium at the 1998 meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association: "Conceptual Foundations of Economic Research in Rural Studies." The symposium was organized to provide a forum for discussion of the new frameworks of rural capital and economic geography, to...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

Creator:: Marre, Alexander and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Building community capacity is a central concern of both policymakers and community residents. Both want to understand why some communities are more successful in achieving positive social, economic and environmental outcomes, and how to increase the capacity of communities to achieve these outcomes. This is particularly true in communities that...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Creator:: Castle, Emery N. and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: How does one identify, articulate, and relate the forces and influences at work in different geographic places? A satisfactory answer to this fundamental question is required for the formulation of a place-based public policy. Since 1986 the authors of this paper have been concerned with this question, and have evaluated...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Creator:: Crandall, Mindy and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: In this report we explore alternative ways of defining “rural” by mapping and comparing four different classification systems: three created for nationwide use, and one created specifically for Oregon. Several of the most frequently noted differences between the ‘two Oregons’ are the lower educational attainment, lower employment rate, lower average...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Creator:: Weber, Bruce, Marre, Alexander, Fisher, Monica, Gibbs, Robert, and Cromartie, John
Abstract:: Improving the quality of education and encouraging students to stay in school is one possible strategy for reducing poverty and raising local well-being in rural areas. A potential obstacle to this strategy, however, is outmigration to metro areas due to the lack of demand for this better-educated rural workforce, and...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Creator:: Bernell, Stephanie, Weber, Bruce, and Edwards, Mark
Abstract:: As the extent of household food insecurity in the US has become better understood, policymakers at the federal and state levels have sought to learn more about the multiple causes of food insecurity. Some have sought the explanation in the personal choices about marriage, child bearing, education and other life...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Creator:: Edwards, Mark and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Oregon has had the highest hunger rate among all U.S. states for four of the last five years. In this report, we re-examine the data on which these rankings were computed and explore how Oregon’s food insecurity and hunger rates vary across demographic groups.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Creator:: Rashford, Benjamin, Lewis, David, Evonuk, Rose, and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: This report is intended to increase the understanding of interrelationships in a small farming community. It consists of three main sections. First, it begins with an historical review of agriculture in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Since every agricultural region has unique components it is important to begin any modeling process...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

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