This study examines the effectiveness of a place-based policy targeting rural areas in Japan to address regional economic disparities. The policy offers financial incentives to regions with significant declines in population and an aging population to increase capital investment and public...

Rural families and work overview / Jean W. Bauer, Elizabeth M. Dolan -- Theories for studying rural families and work / Jean W. Bauer, Elizabeth M. Dolan -- Rural does matter: understanding the rural context / Jean W. Bauer ... [et al.] -- Making rural employment work / Elizabeth M. Dolan, Jean...

Using household level data this paper provides systematic evidence on the employment impact of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in three Indian states: Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. We model this as a two stage Heckman procedure where we model selection for NREGS in...