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| Autor/in | Podgursky, Michael |
|---|---|
| Institution | Economic Policy Inst., Washington, DC. |
| Titel | Job Displacement and the Rural Worker. |
| Quelle | (1989), (27 Seiten) |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| ISBN | 0-944826-14-8 |
| Schlagwörter | Dislocated Workers; Economic Impact; Employment Patterns; Employment Statistics; Federal Government; Job Layoff; Labor Economics; Labor Market; Public Policy; Rural Areas; Rural Urban Differences; Structural Unemployment |
| Abstract | High rates of unemployment in rural areas poses questions as what education can do with the problem. This report examines the effects of rural American economies as they grow away from agriculture and toward dependence on manufacturing and service industries. Using data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' Displaced Worker Survey, the study examines the extent of permanent job losses in rural areas compared with large urban areas. It identifies rural workers who were displaced from jobs due to plant shutdowns or other permanent layoffs, showing that such layoffs have been proportionately higher in rural labor markets than in urban counterparts. The report describes economic losses caused by job displacement, particularly the long periods of joblessness and displacement caused by shifts toward lower-paying jobs in rural areas. Judged by medians, rural displaced workers experienced jobless periods nearly two-thirds longer than urban workers. They were also 50% more likely to experience severe loss of earnings following displacement. The loss of group health insurance is another significant problem for displaced rural workers. Only 65% of rural workers obtained new health insurance coverage, as compared with 74% of urban workers. While annual wages in urban areas have grown as fast as inflation, rural workers have seen the purchasing power of their annual wages decrease by 7% in recent years. The report concludes that any policy response must be directed toward renewed earnings growth for rural employment. (TES) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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