For the first 13 years after entry, the hazard rate for firm exits is persistently higher for urban than rural firms. While differences in observed industry market, local market and firm attributes explain some of the rural-urban gap in firm survival, rural firms retain a survival advantage 25%...

This research describes the potential economic impacts of a nutritionist-suggested level of fresh fruits and vegetable consumption coupled with increased levels of local production of these commodities and builds off of earlier work done by the author. It combines the net economic impacts of...

This research is an analysis of third and fourthâ€quarter campaign filings by the major candidates for President in 2007. In specific, their declarations of spending are assessed broadly by category of spending, and more importantly for this analysis, by state of spending. This is not a...

The geographic concentration of the state’s minority population within a relatively small number of diverse neighborhoods suggests an additional important dimension for analysis and begs an important question: How do these racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods differ from less diverse...

Using U.S. Census data from 1950 to 2000, this paper provides a framework to compare the responses of immigrant and native population growth to the economic incentives offered by rural counties in the Midwest and the South. We find that in marked contrast to traditional destinations for new...

This is an analysis of home mortgage loan application data for 2006, as reported under requirements of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). We included only those applications where both the race and ethnicity of the applicant were reported by the financial institution in this study. For...

This report is a comparison of the economic participation characteristics of white only and minority persons residing in Iowa at the time of the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS).

This brief report summarizes recent patterns of population growth and decline among Iowa's 947 cities. The report examines population changes from 2000 to 2007 and contrasts differences in performance by city size and metropolitan or non-metropolitan status.

This report looks at basic characteristics of business ownership for minorities in Iowa and in the U.S.

Many communities worry about sales leakages. This report helps to explain the potential local area economic impacts of buy local campaigns for both business purchases and for household purchases