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Rural America At A Glance, 2012 Edition
Kusmin, Lorin D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2012
economy, including employment trends, poverty, and population trends. …
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Rural Veterans at a Glance
Farrigan, Tracey; Cromartie, John - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013
Nearly 4 million veterans reside in rural (nonmetropolitan) America. They are a rapidly aging and increasingly diverse group of men and women who still comprise over 10 percent of rural adults despite consistently declining numbers.
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Employment Growth in Rural India: Distress Driven?
Abraham, Vinoj - eSocialSciences - 2009
The 61st round of NSS shows that there is a turnaround in employment growth in rural India after a phase of â …€˜jobless growth’. Paradoxically, this employment growth occurred during a period of wide spread distress in agriculture sector that …, this trend would have predicted further contraction of employment in the rural economy. However, further probing reveals …
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Rural America at a Glance, 2010 Edition
Kusmin, Lorin D.; Hertz, Thomas - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010
economy, including employment trends, poverty, and demographics. …
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The Food and Fiber System: Contributing to the U.S. and World Economies
Lipton, Kathryn L. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1998
Even though farming accounts for only about 1 percent of the total national workforce, it is at the core of the food and fiber system. The system is one of the largest sectors in the U.S. economy, and is comprised of industries related to farming, including feed, seed, fertilizer, machinery,...
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Rural America At A Glance, 2008 Edition
Kusmin, Lorin D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2008
rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The 2008 edition focuses on employment …
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Rural America At A Glance, 2007 Edition
Kusmin, Lorin D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007
Rural America At A Glance, 2007 highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The brochure provides information on key rural conditions and trends for use by public and private...
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Rural America At A Glance, 2009 Edition
Kusmin, Lorin D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2009
manufacturing and other major employment sectors contracted, and they were similarly affected by the mortgage foreclosure crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519050
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Rural American At A Glance: 2013 Edition
Kusmin, Lorin D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013
rural areas. This year's edition focuses on the U.S. rural economy, including employment trends, poverty, and population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082952
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Class, caste and landholding in the analysis of the rural economy.
Prasad, P. H; G, Rodgers - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
analysis of rural economies, comprising a case study of Bihar, India - includes a brief literature survey; based on a 1981 … sample survey of poverty and rural employment, shows the importance of interactions and correlations in explaining inter …
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