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Impact of Industrialization on Employee Income Distribution in Rural Texas Communities*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Lynn Reinschmiedt  and
Lonnie L. Jones
Lynn Reinschmiedt
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Delaware
Lonnie L. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A & M University
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A basis of concern for rural development has been lagging economic growth in rural communities. Many rural areas have long been faced with the dilemma of low income, inadequate or expensive community services, net out-migration and high dependency rates. Numerous programs have been enacted over the years to alleviate these problems. A recent program, the Rural Development Act of 1972, interprets the main objective of rural development as encouraging and speeding economic growth in rural areas providing for jobs, improving quality of rural life, and doing so on a self-earned, self-sustaining basis. One chief component of all these programs has been promoting industry location in rural communities.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , December 1977 , pp. 67 - 72
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1977

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Technical Article No. 12990, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A & M University, College Station.

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