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Nonmetro Labor Markets in the Era of Welfare Reform

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Despite the economic prosperity of the last decade, nonmetro job growth, earnings, and wage progression seem destined to remain a step behind labor market outcomes in metro areas, often hindering efforts under welfare reform to move recipients into successful employment. The challenge is sometimes more difficult than an overall assessment of nonmetro areas would suggest. First, the demographic subgroups most in need of public assistance tend to have less education and lower earnings, and to experience higher unemployment, than average. Second, welfare recipients tend to be concentrated in nonmetro areas marked by chronic economic distress, which both contributes to, and reinforces, the need for public assistance.

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  • Gibbs, Robert, 2001. "Nonmetro Labor Markets in the Era of Welfare Reform," Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 16(3), September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersra:289499
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289499
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    1. Mosley, Jane M. & Miller, Kathleen K., 2001. "What The Research Says About Spatial Variations In Factors Affecting Poverty," Research Briefs 18922, Oregon State University, Rural Poverty Research Center (RPRC).
    2. Davis, Elizabeth E. & Connolly, Laura S. & Weber, Bruce A., 2003. "Local Labor Market Conditions and the Jobless Poor: How Much Does Local Job Growth Help in Rural Areas?," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 28(3), pages 1-16, December.
    3. Bruce Weber & Mark Edwards & Greg Duncan, 2004. "Single Mother Work and Poverty under Welfare Reform: Are Policy Impacts Different in Rural Areas?," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 30(1), pages 31-51, Winter.
    4. Leigh Simmons & Bonnie Braun & David Wright & Scott Miller, 2007. "Human Capital, Social Support, and Economic Well-being among Rural, Low-income Mothers: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 28(4), pages 635-652, December.
    5. Fisher, Monica G., 2005. "Why Is U.S. Poverty Higher In Nonmetropolitan Than Metropolitan Areas? Evidence From The Panel Study Of Income Dynamics," Working Papers 18904, Oregon State University, Rural Poverty Research Center (RPRC).
    6. James, Sara-Beth & Ilvento, Thomas W. & Hastings, Steven E., 2002. "The Effect Of Local Economic Development Policy On Employment Growth In Rural Counties In The Mid-Atlantic Region," Staff Papers 15831, University of Delaware, Department of Food and Resource Economics.

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