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Author: Robertson, Cassandra
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1. Parker, Emily
Tach, Laura
Robertson, Cassandra
Do Federal Place-Based Policies Improve Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities?
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: Growing Up Rural: How Place Shapes Life Outcomes 8, 4 (May 2022): 125-154.
Also: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48663809
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Keyword(s): Economics, Regional; Geocoded Data; Government Regulation; Mobility; Poverty; Rural Areas; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

The U.S. federal government has invested considerable resources in place-based programs to improve local economies, amenities, and infrastructure. Although urban place-based policies have received the most attention, place-based approaches have long been central to efforts addressing rural poverty as well. Using a novel dataset, we document a substantial increase in place-based funding to rural counties from 1990 to 2015. We then assess the association between exposure to place-based funding and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. We find that living in counties that received more place-based funding is associated with higher educational attainment and greater earnings, but only for those who migrated in adulthood. We conclude that place-based investment may improve economic opportunity via geographic mobility for rural American youth.
Bibliography Citation
Parker, Emily, Laura Tach and Cassandra Robertson. "Do Federal Place-Based Policies Improve Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities?" RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: Growing Up Rural: How Place Shapes Life Outcomes 8, 4 (May 2022): 125-154.