A critical review of rural poverty literature: Is there truly a rural effect?

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-414

  Weber, Bruce ^a   Jensen, Leif ^b   Miller, Kathleen ^c   Mosley, Jane ^c   Fisher, Monica ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood effects; Place effects; Research methodology; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26444530697     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017605278996     Document Type: Review

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