Rural population decline in the 1980s: Impacts of farm structure and federal farm programs

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 517-529

  Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Debertin, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Farm programs; Population decline

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IMPACT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FARM STRUCTURE; POLICY IMPACT; POPULATION DECLINE; RURAL DEPOPULATION;

USA;

EID: 0030391303     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243270     Document Type: Article

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