I Economic Determinants of Fertility and Migration Rates -- 1 Forecasting Birth and Migration Rates: The Theoretical Foundation -- 2 Forecasting Regional Births: An Economic-Demographic Approach -- 3 Forecasting Interregional Migration: An Economic-Demographic Approach -- II Regional...

On the basis of citations to articles in regional science journals, this study identifies the most influential scholars in the field during various periods of its first-half century. It distinguishes among the pioneering generation who wrote its formative pieces, the generations who expanded its...

Feser E. and Isserman A. The rural role in national value chains, Regional Studies. Industry clustering is a useful concept for understanding the interdependence among industries and its implications for regional economic development and growth. The paper claims that the fullest understanding of...

This chapter focuses on regional labor market analysis. Regional labor market analysis entails a synthesis of economic and demographic modeling. Migration alters population levels, and thus together with labor force participation rates determines labor supply. Population change also affects...

Ethanol has been embraced enthusiastically as a solution to many problems, including national energy security, global warming, air pollution, farm incomes, and local economic development. The industry has boomed in the United States: There were 54 ethanol plants in 2000, 134 by the end of 2007,...