Report
Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Earnings Inadequacy in the Rural U.S.: 1979-1987
Paper examines income variations among rural families through examining the ratio of a worker's annual earnings compared to the poverty level for a family of four.
Technology Innovation & Rural Development: Lessons from Italy and Denmark
Report examines development policies in less urbanized but industrialized and industrializing regions of two European countries to find out more about the successes and failures of science and technology in promoting rural development.
Services in the Rural Economy: Preliminary Findings
Report addresses gradual decline in manufacturing industry in U.S. and its role in rural economies.
Industrial Restructuring and the Growth of Low Wage Work in the Rural U.S.
Report examines the contribution of industrial change to the growth of low wage work in the rural United States.
State Telecommunications Policy: Working Notes from the Aspen Institute Conference of September 26-28, 1990
Report summarizes the highlights of the Aspen Institute's conference, "State Telecommunications Policy," on September 26-28, 1990 at the River House Conference Center.
Searching for “The Way that Works” An Analysis of FmHA Rural Development Policy and Implementation
Report describes five basic models for delivering federal benefits, and develops thirteen criteria by which these delivery mechanisms can be evaluated.
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.
Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status
Report examines growing number of African American female-headed families in the United States.
A Community Researcher’s Guide to Rural Data: Where to find answers to questions about Rural America’s Population and Labor Force, Income, Health, and Education, Industries and Government
Manual was prepared in order to present reliable and timely data as a prerequisite for sound planning and policy development.
Half a Glass of Water: State Economic Development Policies and The Small Agricultural Communities of the Middle Border
Report focuses on State government economic development efforts to rural communities, examining six states' policies and subsequent impact on small agricultural communities.
The Changing Incidence of “Working Poverty” in U.S. Urban and Rural Regions: 1969-1987
Paper examines how many individuals aged 16 and older earned at least some wages and salaries over the course of a year but had families which nevertheless had aggregate annual incomes which left them below the official census poverty line for a family of their size and structure.
The Political Economy of U.S. Rural Policy: An Exploration of the Past with Strategies for the Future
Researchers argue that there exists a need for a national rural policy of some sort after years of solely agricultural-focused policy.