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Local Labor Market Conditions and the Jobless Poor: How Much Does Local Job Growth Help in Rural Areas?

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Abstract

The employment outcomes of a group of jobless poor Oregonians are tracked in order to analyze the relative importance of local labor market conditions on their employment outcomes. Local job growth increases the probability that a jobless poor adult will get a job and shortens the length of time until she finds a job. After accounting for both the effects of personal demographic characteristics and local job growth, there is little evidence that the probability of employment or the duration of joblessness differs in rural compared with urban areas.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)503-518
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Volume28
Issue number3
StatePublished - Dec 1 2003

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

  • Employment
  • Local labor markets
  • Rural labor markets
  • Rural poverty
  • Unemployment
  • Welfare reform

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