Low-Skill Workers in Rural America Face Permanent Job Loss. Policy Brief Number 2 [electronic resource] / Amy Glasmeier and Priscilla Salant.

Global economic competition and other factors have cost rural America 1.5 million jobs in the past six years. This brief analyzes job displacement figures from around the country between 1997 and 2003. The loss of rural jobs was particularly large in the manufacturing sector, and the rate of loss wa...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors:	Glasmeier, Amy, Salant, Priscilla (Author)
Corporate Author:	University of New Hampshire, Carsey Institute
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2006.
Subjects:	Rural Areas. Urban Areas. Manufacturing. Dislocated Workers. Educational Attainment. Job Skills. Skilled Workers. Automation. Geographic Location. Public Policy. Industry.