The economic impacts of the prison development boom on persistently poor rural places

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-299

  Glasmeier, Amy K ^a   Farrigan, Tracey ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Persistent poverty; Prisons; Quasi experimental methods; Rural development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 34250686244     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017607301608     Document Type: Review

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