Mandich, Anne M.; Dorfman, Jeffrey H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
This study examines the impact of hospitals on local labor markets in rural and urban counties. We measure the ability … of hospitals, particularly in rural communities, to attract non-health related employment and provide higher wage jobs to …-over. For rural counties, a short-term general hospital is associated with 599 jobs in the county; 60 of which are hospital …