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Giroux, Sarah C. – Rural Sociology, 2008
High unemployment in many developing countries is intensifying job competition and raising concern for the employment prospects of vulnerable groups, including children of rural parents. This paper examines the trends and sources in employment disadvantage associated with rural parentage in Cameroon. In documenting the sources of inequality, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Rural Urban Differences, Employment Patterns
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McLaughlin, Diane K.; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha J. – Rural Sociology, 2008
We examine the prevalence of nonstandard employment in the nonmetropolitan United States using the Current Population Survey Supplement on Contingent Work (1999 and 2001). We find that nonstandard work is more prevalent in nonmetropolitan than in central city or suburban areas. Logistic regression models controlling for sociodemographic and work…
Descriptors: Occupations, Employment Patterns, Metropolitan Areas, Incidence
Malley, James R.; Hady, Thomas F. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1987
Diversification of rural economies and changes in financial markets and world trade have broken down many barriers that insulated rural areas in the past. United States rural areas--the rural South and Northeast in particular--now appear to be affected slightly more than urban areas by national monetary and fiscal policies. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Financial Policy
Ross, Peggy J.; Morrissey, Elizabeth S. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1987
The persistent poor make up only about a third of all the poor, and the rest are temporarily poor because of sudden changes in their lives--loss of job, marital breakup, or illness. The two groups of rural poor have different needs and will be helped by different types of programs. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Demography, Dislocated Workers, Divorce, Employment Patterns
Carlin, Thomas A. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1987
Farm policy alone is no longer a sufficient development policy for today's rural America. Rural economies have changed over the last 30-40 years from reliance on farming to greater reliance on manufacturing and service industries. Rural economic development policies need to reflect today's changed rural economy. (Author)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Business, Economic Climate, Economic Factors
Barkley, David L.; And Others – 1989
This paper asks whether manufacturers of high technology are locating production facilities in nonmetropolitan areas and, if so, which industries and geographical areas are affected. It identifies high-technology manufacturers and estimates national employment trends for the sector from 1975 to 1982. National and regional employment data for…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Electronics Industry, Employment Opportunities
Podgursky, Michael – 1989
High rates of unemployment in rural areas poses questions as what education can do with the problem. This report examines the effects of rural American economies as they grow away from agriculture and toward dependence on manufacturing and service industries. Using data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' Displaced Worker Survey, the…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Impact, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
Lazere, Edward B.; Ostrom, Kristin Anderson – 1994
The high poverty rate (13.8 percent) among Nebraska's children is cause for concern, since there is strong evidence that poverty can hinder development and adversely affect children's ability to become productive adults. It is commonly assumed that poor children live in families where parents could work but do not. Yet in Nebraska, of poor…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 2000
This report charts the economic changes occurring in the South during the past two decades, presents a status report on where the South is today, and offers an agenda for future development. The South has made great strides, diversifying its economy and improving racial inequities. Several of its cities have successfully engaged the new economy,…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Economic Climate, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship