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Peer reviewedSmith, Eldon D. – Review of Regional Studies, 1989
Appalachian Kentucky's low rates of labor utilization were the result of underinvestment in human capital and unequal distribution of marketable skills. Large proportions of growth in employment have been absorbed by returned workers, young adults who otherwise would have left the region, and in-movers. Unbalanced labor utilization made the…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Economic Development, Educational Benefits, Human Capital
Bowman, Mary Jean; Haynes, W. Warren – 1963
In an important sense the problem of unemployment and underemployment, and to a considerable degree the problem of low incomes is not a national or general one; rather to a great extent these problems are confined to particular regions or to specific sectors within the general economy. East Kentucky is a rural region suffering from these problems…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Depleted Resources, Disadvantaged, Economic Development
