Can superior natural amenities create high-quality employment opportunities? The case of nonconsumptive river recreation in central Idaho

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 749-758

  McKean, John R ^a   Johnson, Donn M ^b   Johnson, Richard L ^c   Taylor, R Garth ^d  

^a Agricultural Enterprises Inc   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative wage rate effects; Economic impacts; Employment quality; IMPLAN; Input output; Nonmarket outputs; Public land management; River recreation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; OUTDOOR RECREATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RIVER;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24344507790     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920591005304     Document Type: Article

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