Rural Conditions and Trends

1998

Journal Article

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/329329

English

Rural Conditions and Trends

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Overview: Value-Added Manufacturing---An Important Link to the Larger U.S. Economy; Recent Trends in Value-Added Industries: Agricultural- and Wood Products-Based Manufacturing Industries Growing at a Modest Pace, Most Value-Added Manufacturing Increased Its Attachment to Rural Areas During 1989-94; Workers and Wages: Value-Added Workers Earn Less, Have Less Education Than Other Rural Manufacturing Workers; Local Linkages: Value-Added Manufacturing Has Strong Local Linkages; Capital Investment: Investment Patterns Indicate Modest Expansion by Value-Added Industries, Most Value-Added Firms Have Access to Needed Capital; Exports: Trade Agreements May Open New Markets for Value-Added Exports, Farm- and Forest-Related Value-Added Exports Boost the U.S. Economy; Appendixes: 1-Data Sources, 2-Definitions, 3-Latest Trends in Nonfarm Jobs and Earnings, 4-Two Methods of Measuring Farm-Linked Employment, 5-Economic Activity Triggered By Agricultural Trade

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