We often use the term rural very loosely when discussing public policy. Rarely do we describe explicitly the kinds of places we have in mind for particular programs and craft precise eligibility requirements that deliver the programs to those places without expensive leakages to other,...

Immigration laws affect the national composition and size of the immigrant flow. Immigrants from different national origins have markedly different settlement patterns within the US. The regional economic consequences of immigration depend on both the number of immigrants settling within a...