Employment stability and the role of sectoral dominance in rural economies

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 521-533

  Fawson, Christopher ^a   Thilmany, Dawn ^b   Keith, John E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor market dynamics; Rural development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; RURAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 0032317215     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244554     Document Type: Article

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