The present work discusses possible methodological approaches for the assessment of employment effects of rural development measures. A special focus is on measures of the so called integrated rural development. Methods that are considered non-appropriate are considered nevertheless. Therefore,...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Ch. 1 - Introduction -- Ch. 2 - Labor Markets and Trickle Down -- Ch. 3 - The Problem with Impact Analysis: Counting Everything, Valuing Nothing -- Ch. 4 - Devling beneath the Surface: Job Chains in the Evaluation of Local Economic Development -- Ch. 5 -...