Rural America : aspects, outlooks and development / Clyford L. Lewis and Eric M. Jackson, editors.

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RURAL AMERICA ASPECTS, OUTLOOKS AND DEVELOPMENT VOLUME 6 ; RURAL AMERICA ASPECTS, OUTLOOKS AND DEVELOPMENT VOLUME 6 ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 FACTORS AFFECTING FORMER RESIDENTS' RETURNING TO RURAL COMMUNITIES∗ ; ABSTRACT ; WHAT IS THE ISSUE? ; WHAT DID THE STUDY FIND? ; HOW WAS THE STUDY CONDUCTED? ; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND ; STUDY AREA: GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED COUNTIES; DATA AND METHODS ; Community Selection ; Interview Methods ; Limitations of the Approach ; RESULTS ; Reasons for Returning and Not Returning

How Return Migrants Impact Home Communities CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; End Notes; Chapter 2 RURAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS IN RECESSION AND RECOVERY∗ ; ABSTRACT ; WHAT IS THE ISSUE? ; WHAT DID THE STUDY FIND? ; HOW WAS THE STUDY CONDUCTED? ; INTRODUCTION ; CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE 2007-09 RECESSION: A NATIONAL OVERVIEW ; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN RECESSION AND RECOVERY ; Explaining Above-Average Employment Outcomes in the Plains States ; RECESSION AND RECOVERY IN RURAL AND URBAN COUNTIES ; Metro and Nonmetro Employment Trends Have Diverged During the Recovery

Explaining Slow Employment Growth in Nonmetro Counties During the RecoveryPopulation Growth Has Slowed to Near Zero in Nonmetro Counties ; Both Metro and Nonmetro Employment-to-Population Ratios Have Been Flat Since 2010 ; Recent Declines in Metro and Nonmetro Unemployment Rates Are Due to Reduced Labor Force Participation ; VARIATION IN LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES AMONG NONMETRO COUNTIES ; The Least Densely Populated Rural Counties Experienced Smaller Job Losses ; Counties Adjacent to Metro Areas Lost Employment More Rapidly; Employment Outcomes Vary in Counties with Large Minority Populations

CONCLUSIONAPPENDIX: REGRESSION ANALYSIS, METHODS, AND DATA ; REFERENCES ; End Notes ; Chapter 3 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS IN THE 2014 FARM BILL (P.L. 113-79)∗ ; SUMMARY ; POLICY BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW ; ISSUES INFLUENCING THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT TITLE; FEDERAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ; TITLE VI OF THE AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 2014 (P.L. 113-79) ; New Provisions in the 2014 Farm Bill ; OTHER MAJOR PROVISIONS ; Broadband and Telecommunications ; RURAL UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE ; Business and Community Development ; Regional Development

APPENDIX. SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS IN THE 2014 FARM BILL WITH THE HOUSE- AND SENATE-PASSED FARM BILLS End Notes; Chapter 4 REAUTHORIZING THE SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000∗ ; SUMMARY ; BACKGROUND ; Payment History: Declining Revenue-Sharing Payments Leads to Enactment of SRS ; SRS and Other Federal Compensation Programs ; REVENUE-SHARING PROGRAM CONCERNS AND RESPONSES; Declining Timber Receipts ; Annually Fluctuating Payments ; Linkage

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