Community colleges likely draw to college individuals who would otherwise not attend due to their low costs and open admission requirements. This is labeled as the democratization effect. They may also divert individuals away from 4-year to terminal 2-year college degrees (the diversion effect)....

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/07/11.

We investigate the determinants of organic farming in the United States. State-level data show that the organic farming sector has grown over the last decade, but growth has been very heterogeneous with few states accounting for most of the growth. Further analyses of county data reveal that...

Vacation Homes, Economic Development, and Local Government Policy in Rural Minnesota

The Minnesota Rural Real Estate Market in 1986

Agriculture: Essential to Minnesota's Economy

Minnesota's Economy Compares Favorably To That Of Neighboring States And The U.S.

This paper examines, within the Vietnamese context, the role of relative deprivation, as proposed by Stark (1984) and Stark and Taylor (1989, 1991), in the dynamics of internal migration. The conventional wisdom in the economics of migration literature, such as the model of Harris and Todaro...

The Minnesota Rural Real Estate Market in 1985