The composition of rural employment growth in the "new economy"

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 594-605

  Wojan, Timothy R ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

De skilling; Division of labor; Occupations; Seemingly unrelated regression

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033868204     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00049     Document Type: Article

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