EMPLOYMENT HARDSHIP AND RURAL MINORITIES: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND POLICY. |
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Jensen, Leif.
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1/1/94
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Journal
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Review of Black Political Economy
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22(4): 125-144.
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Multiculturalism
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Rural racial and ethnic minorities are among the poorest of all Americans. This article situates their plight both theoretically and empirically in the context of employment hardship. Defined by access toemployment and job quality, employment hardship is more prevalent among nonmetropolitan African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans than it is among either their central city counterparts or non-Hispanic whites. The strengths and limitations of both individual-level frameworks, such as human capital, and macro-level theories, such as uneven development, in explaining the economic doublejeopardy faced by rural minorities are discussed. Policy recommendations designed to ameliorate employment hardship include incentives for industries relocating in rural minority areas, low-cost capital forentrepreneurs in these areas, and government-guaranteed jobs for the poor.
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