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Going Away to College and Wider Urban Job Opportunities Take Highly Educated Youth Away from Rural Areas

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  • Gibbs, Robert M.

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Rural high school graduates are less likely to graduate from college than are urban graduates, mostly because they are less likely to attend college in the first place. Less access to colleges and fewer well-educated adults in the local population account for much of the rural-urban difference. Half of all rural college attendees leave home and do not return by age 25. Those that do return are drawn largely by home ties and intervening life choices rather than by local job opportunities

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  • Gibbs, Robert M., 1995. "Going Away to College and Wider Urban Job Opportunities Take Highly Educated Youth Away from Rural Areas," Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 10(3), June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersra:311075
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.311075
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    1. John V. Winters, 2011. "Human Capital and Population Growth in Nonmetropolitan U.S. Counties," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 25(4), pages 353-365, November.
    2. Georgeanne Artz & Li Yu, 2011. "How ya Gonna Keep ’em Down on the Farm," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 25(4), pages 341-352, November.
    3. Edward J. Malecki, 2001. "Going digital in rural America," Proceedings – Rural and Agricultural Conferences, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue Sep, pages 49-68.
    4. Winters, John V, 2010. "Human Capital and Population Growth in Non-Metropolitan U.S. Counties: The Importance of College Student Migration," MPRA Paper 25592, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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