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Costs And Benefits Of Public Programs To Back-To-The -Land And Conventional Rural Households

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Migration of people with self-sufficient life-style into conventionally oriented rural communities raises economic, as well as social, issues. Benefit-cost analysis was used to examine the fiscal impacts of eight public programs on two types of residents in an Idaho rural community. Data were obtained from a household survey and local, state, and federal revenue collections and expenditures. "Back-to-the-land" residents paid fewer costs than did conventional rural dwellers, but also received fewer benefits. Age and income were lower in the back-to-the-land population, however, which may have been primarily responsible for that group's smaller educational benefits (the largest program examined) and tax payments.

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  • Marousek, Gerald, 1978. "Costs And Benefits Of Public Programs To Back-To-The -Land And Conventional Rural Households," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 3(1), pages 1-8, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:wjagec:32408
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.32408
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    1. Hodge, Ian D., 1983. "Rural Employment and the Quality of Life," Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 51(03), pages 1-12, December.

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