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Do Federal Place-Based Policies Improve Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities

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ID13103013
AuthorsE Parker (0000-0002-1373-5562, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Laura Tach (0000-0001-8515-601X, Cornell University), Cassandra Robertson (New America)
Year2022
Volume8
Issue4
Pages125-154
Publication date2022-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2377-8253 • E-ISSN: 2377-8261
PublisherRussell Sage Foundation (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7758/rsf.2022.8.4.06
OpenAlexW4285739164
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited37

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

American Community Survey · Business · Census · Earnings · Economic growth · Economic mobility · Economics · Educational attainment · Geography · Government (linguistics · Investment (military · Political science · Politics · Population · Poverty · Rural area · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Rural development and sustainability · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Finance

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Unique citing works14
Citations per year3,5
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
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