Rural Employment At A Glance is a six-page brochure that highlights the most recent indicators of employment and … unemployment in rural areas. It documents changes and differences in metro and nonmetro employment growth, unemployment, earnings …

associated with improved county earnings in 1979-89, according to a multiple regression analysis of rural counties. Factors … concentrations of small independent businesses in the goods-producing sector. …

Rural households in China have traditionally consumed food mostly grown on their own farms. While they continue to rely … on self-produced grains, vegetables, meats, and eggs for a large portion of their diet, rural households are now … purchasing more of their food as they enter the mainstream of the Chinese economy. Cash purchases of food by rural Chinese …

beverage products. Food expenditures and incomes have grown much more slowly for rural and low-income urban households. …

analyzes (1) rural broadband use by consumers, the community-at-large, and businesses; (2) rural broadband availability; and (3 …) broadband’s social and economic effects on rural areas. It also summarizes results from an ERS-sponsored workshop on rural … broadband use, and other ERS-commissioned studies. In general, rural communities have less broadband Internet use than metro …

considered common necessities—such as cars, electricity, televisions, microwave ovens, and cell phones. Although rural residents … availability of broadband Internet in rural areas. As a result, rural residents depend more on Internet use outside of the home, in …

higher proportion of rural than urban residents because rural residents are more likely to be elderly or disabled persons … spending. This report finds that the proposals may have a greater effect on rural than urban communities due to the higher … proportion of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas. …

national objectives, such as assisting poor communities. Whether or not block grants are adopted, rural communities will fare … better if aid formulas and delivery systems account for rural-urban differences. …

The earned income tax credit (EITC) has become a major source of income support for low-income rural workers and their … families, especially in the South, where the rural poor are concentrated. Program benefits for rural areas are expected to …-income rural workers and their families. Increasing concerns about escalating costs and the targeting of benefits may result in …

whole and for those most likely to bear adverse consequences: small businesses, small banks, and rural areas. Most previous … effects in rural markets, with the possible exception of farm-dependent areas. These findings are derived from empirical …