Do Federal Place-Based Policies Improve Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities?
| Autor: | Emily Parker, Laura Tach, Cassandra Robertson |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 125-154 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2377-8253 2377-8261 |
| DOI: | 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.4.06 |
| Popis: | The U.S. federal government has invested considerable resources in place-based programs to improve local economies, amenities, and infrastructure. Although urban place-based policies have received the most attention, place-based approaches have long been central to efforts addressing rural poverty as well. Using a novel dataset, we document a substantial increase in place-based funding to rural counties from 1990 to 2015. We then assess the association between exposure to place-based funding and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. We find that living in counties that received more place-based funding is associated with higher educational attainment and greater earnings, but only for those who migrated in adulthood. We conclude that place-based investment may improve economic opportunity via geographic mobility for rural American youth. |
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