Labor Markets in the Rural South: A Study Based on Four Rural Southern Counties

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dc.creatorAdams, John F.
dc.creatorBriggs, Vernon M., Jr.
dc.creatorRungeling, Brian
dc.creatorSmith, Lewis H.
dc.creatorSteptoe, Roosevelt
dc.creatorGarcha, Bikramjit
dc.creatorMcDonald, Maurice E.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-06T14:58:08Z
dc.date.available2022-05-06T14:58:08Z
dc.date.issued1977-02
dc.description.abstractFocusing on the factors inhibiting the labor market's adjustment to economic change, the study examined the economic and social problems facing southern rural areas and populations, including Chicanos and migrants. Factors were in the areas of the labor market behavior, income and earnings, poverty, welfare system and welfare reform, manpower development and training, economic development, and the community's social and political environments. Data were derived from: an extensive survey of households which obtained economic, social, demographic, and behavioral information; and a survey of county institutions which obtained specific information concerning business activities and the community's economic and social structure and organization. Surveys were conducted in Dodge County, Georgia; Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; Starr County, Texas; and Sunflower County, Mississippi. Major conclusions were: a substantial portion of the rural southern population was unable to obtain adequate income through work; rural workers were hampered in their income generating efforts by low educational levels, lack of training and of work experience, and health problems; employment discrimination by race and sex was pervasive and one cause of low incomes; and transfer programs had not eliminated poverty and welfare reform would have had significant beneficial impacts on many low income families and the overall economy of the rural South.en_US
dc.description.departmentRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resourcesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipU.S. Department of Laboren_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/114025
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/40928
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherGeorgia State Univ., Atlanta. Center for Insurance Researchen_US
dc.relation.ispartofRay Marshall Center Research Reportsen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectWorkforce Developmenten_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.titleLabor Markets in the Rural South: A Study Based on Four Rural Southern Countiesen_US
dc.typeTechnical reporten_US

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