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Economics of rural areas : Rural capital, capital immobility, and path dependence

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

Projecting capital accumulation for the agricultural firm-household

Creator:: Gilchrist, Varge
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: future path of capital accu- mu.lation on a given farm, its effect on incae and the effect of con

Economic interrelationships in a small farming area: towards an estimate of the threshold of agricultural production for sustainable farming

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
Full Text:: David Hamlin of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics all provided guidance and

Policy and place: requirements of a successful place-based policy

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
Full Text:: path dependence or to be prisoners of current general trends (Krugman, 1991). Economic, social and

The impact of social capital on well-being in rural communities

Creator:: Harrison, Jane L.
Abstract:: This study seeks to explore the relationship between social capital and well-being in the rural Western United States. Mixed methods were employed to understand the concepts from multiple angles, using both profile and process indicators. An econometric approach used profile indicators and relied on data from 414 counties in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: century, 65% of Americans lived in U.S. Census-defined rural areas and two-thirds of those residents

Urban-rural connections : a bibliography

Creator:: Mylott, Elizabeth
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: ." Journal of Urban Economics, 4(4), 408-427. Muth, R. F. (1961). "Economic change and rural-urban land

An intellectual journey: transgressions of a neoclassical economist

Creator:: Castle, Emery N.
Resource Type:: Working Paper
Full Text:: Paper The Department of AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND THE RURAL STUDIES PROGRAM

Building Economically Resilient Rural Communities

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce Michael
Abstract:: Rural communities will continue to be disproportionately shocked by economic fluctuations. Market forces are likely to lead to the decline of many rural communities and they will need to be economically resilient to survive. This thesis draws on several social sciences and the natural sciences to develop ideas that communities...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: definition of economic resilience and consider how organizations in rural communities may affect economic

Assessing community capacity in Rural America: some lessons from two rural observatories

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
Full Text:: difficult economic challenges: central cities of large metropolitan areas and remote rural communities

Education's effect on poverty: the role of migration and labor markets

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
Full Text:: -educated rural workforce and the necessity of leaving rural areas to attend college (Gibbs). Outmigration

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Economics of rural areas : Rural capital, capital immobility, and path dependence

Projecting capital accumulation for the agricultural firm-household

Economic interrelationships in a small farming area: towards an estimate of the threshold of agricultural production for sustainable farming

Policy and place: requirements of a successful place-based policy

The impact of social capital on well-being in rural communities

Urban-rural connections : a bibliography

An intellectual journey: transgressions of a neoclassical economist

Building Economically Resilient Rural Communities

Assessing community capacity in Rural America: some lessons from two rural observatories

Education's effect on poverty: the role of migration and labor markets

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