Rural Conditions and Trends: Rural Industry Issue, Vol. 9, No. 3

Douglas E. Bowers and Fred Gale, editors

Rural Conditions and Trends No. (RCAT-93) June 1999

About this magazine

This Rural Industry issue of Rural Conditions and Trends also reports on two longer term trends that have important implications for the rural economy: the increasing demand for skilled versus unskilled workers and deregulation of the transportation, banking, and electricity generation/distribution industries. Projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate that the U.S. economy will continue to add skilled workers in the coming decade. Most new jobs will require post-high school training, and most will be in health, professional, social, and business service industries, which tend to be located in urban areas. Demand for agricultural, manufacturing, and mining output is expected to rise, but productivity gains will result in decreasing demand for workers in these industries.

In this report ...

Articles are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Contents, 48 kb

Overview

• A Combination of Longrun Forces and Short-Term Macroeconomic Fluctuations Are Shaping Rural Industry, 17 kb

National Economy

• Global Conditions Hurting Rural Economy, 19 kb

Demand for Worker Skills

• Future Job Growth Will Benefit Educated Workers Most, 20 kb
• Most Jobs Created by Exports Are in Medium- and High-Skill Occupations, 90 kb
• Manufacturing Employers Report Widespread Problems With Labor Quality, 32 kb
• Advanced Technology Means Better Pay and Benefits for Workers, 54 kb

Deregulated Industries

• Rural Businesses May Benefit from Big Transportation Funding Increases, 33 kb
• Electric Utility Industry Restructuring: Issues for Rural America, 70 kb
• Deregulation Will Not Eliminate Rural Banks, 27 kb
• Appendix A: Data Sources, 8 kb
• Appendix B: Definitions, 14 kb
• Appendix c: Latest Trends in Nonfarm Jobs and Earnings, 6 kb
• Appendix D: Two Methods of Measuring Farm-Linked Employment, 6 kb
• Appendix E: Economic Activity Triggered by Agricultural Trade, 6 kb

• Appendix Tables 1-7, 58 kb

• Download entire issue, 320 kb

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Updated date: June 1999