RURAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN THE 'NEW ECONOMY': A TEST OF THE SPATIAL DIVISION OF LABOR HYPOTHESIS

Decomposing the occupational structure of rural and urban labor markets allows assessing whether these structures became more alike or more dissimilar between 1970 and 1990. A shift-share method is used to compute 'predicted' and 'specialized' shares for 9 inclusive occupations. A SUR model is used to estimate the convergence process.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Wojan, Timothy R.
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	Labor and Human Capital

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT Number 21023
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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