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Rural Education and the 1990 Kentucky Educational Reform Act: Funding, Implementation and Research Issues

Goetz, Stephan J.; Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1991

After discussing basic principles of school finance, and comparing selected education-related variables in southeastern states, this paper examines how schools districts are financed in Kentucky. Emphasis is given to issues of funding adequacy, efficiency and equity, and the lawsuit culminating...

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Impacts of New Agricultural Technology on Real Growth in the US and KY Farm Economy:1949-1995

Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1997

It is widely believed that public and private research and educational activities have led to rapid advances in the production of crops and livestock, making farmers far better off than they would have been had these technological advances not taken place. The cash receipts data for the postwar...

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Single- and Multi-Dimensional Theil Inequality Measures: An Application to Farm Households

Goetz, Stephan J. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1991

Earlier analyses of farm-level inequality are extended by incorporating measures of inequality between groups of farmers and multiple attributes, including years of education. Single- and multi-dimensional inequality declined between 1985 and 1989. A sharp decrease occurred in inequality among...

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A Structural County-Level Model of Human Capital Investment and Manufacturing Sector Change: 1980-90

Goetz, Stephan J.; Hu, Dayuan; Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1996

The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between changes in per capita manufacturing … employment, manufacturing earnings per worker and human capital investment in nearly 3,000 U.S. counties over the period 1980 …) in the 1980s were in a better position to stem the erosion of manufacturing jobs, and experienced more rapid increases in …

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Modernizing Rural Economies: Strengthening Economic Growth in the 21st Century

David, Freshwater - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 2013

Most rural regions are weak participants in the modern economy. As a result they are often seen as inherently incapable of sustained economic growth. Yet, OECD evidence shows that there are rural regions with relatively high rates of economic growth. Increasing the number of high performance...

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The OECD Approach to Rural Development: Emphasizing Differences in Opportunities Across Space

Freshwater, David - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 2012

Fostering higher levels of economic activity in rural regions constitutes an important policy challenge for most OECD countries. While some rural regions have higher than average growth rates, most grow at slower rates than the majority of urban regions. Because rural regions are structurally...

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Tax Incentives and Rural Economic Development

Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1993

Tax incentives by state and local governments to attract industrial development are undergoing another round of public criticism in the news media. There are those who argue that any form of economic incentive in an attempt to entice businesses to locate in a particular state or community is...

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A Comparison of Social Capital in Rural and Urban Settings

Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1996

This paper examines some of the ways in which social capital networks develop and operate and contrasts the differences between rural and urban settings based on "case study observations" of rural communities and urban subdivisions. A list of potential researchable questions involving social...

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Economic and Social Infrastructure in the Strategy of Regional Economic Development: An Alternative Theoretical Perspective Relevant to Open Economies

Smith, Eldon D. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1988

The purpose of this paper is to reformulate the problem of unemployment and its relation to education; i.e., to suggest a new conceptual perspective on this relationship. The major hypothesis is that the people of a low-income region with limited opportunities for educated persons interpret...

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Discussion: Rural Development Issues for Agricultural Economists in the Year 2000

Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 1993

Rural America, over time, will become less distinct with respect to policies and institutions, and increasingly operate by the same set of rules and constraints that apply to the larger, urban-dominated, society. At what point will many rural institutions (such the Farm Credit Services, and the...

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