Rural Economies and Populations Policy Briefs

Not Enough Work

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Access to Full-Time Jobs with Decent Pay and Benefits Varies by Race/Ethnicity and Place of Residence - Mattingly and Young (DEC 2014)

How Large is the Rural Cost Advantage? A Big Mac Index for the United States

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Paredes and Loveridge (DEC 2014)
Refugees in Rural Communities: A Win-Win?

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Bloem (NOV 2014)
Local and Non-Local Employment Associated with Marcellus Shale Development in Pennsylvania

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Hardy and Kelsey (JULY 2014)
Drilling Booms and Housing Shortages: Is the Market Nimble Enough to Replace Gov't Intervention?

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Farren (JUNE 2014)
Water Scarcity and the California Economy

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Hanak (JUNE 2014)
The Future of Jobs in America

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Moretti (JUNE 2014)
Socioeconomic Implications of Nuclear Power

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Schuelke-Leech (NOV 2013)
Rural Energy Use and the Challenges for Energy Conservation and Efficiency

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Muratori (NOV 2013)
Socioeconomic Issues and Biofuel Energy

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de Groeter and Drabik (NOV 2013)
Confronting an Uncertain Future: How U.S. Communities are Responding to Shale Gas and Oil Development

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Christopherson and Rightor (NOV 2013)

Economic Implications of Unconventional Fossil Fuel Production

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Partridge and Weinstein (NOV 2013)
National Trends in Income Inequality

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S. Albrecht (OCT 2013)
Natural Disaster Preparedness and Recovery

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Skidmore (AUG 2013)
How Rural Areas Can Adapt to Declining Rural Latino Immigration

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Carpenter (AUG 2013)
Lessons Learned From the Greater Sage-Grouse

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Messmer (JUL 2013)
Immigration and Farm Labor in the U.S.

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Martin and Jackson-Smith (APR 2013)
Addressing Rural Economic Disadvantage

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Albrecht (JAN 2013)