How Perceptions of Local Economic Conditions Drive Rural Youth Decision-Making About Future Residence
Commentary authors
Robert A. Petrin
Kai A. Schafft
Summary
Over the past several decades demographers have consistently documented the outmigration of younger residents from rural areas. This is especially the case in economically-lagging rural places where local labor markets disproportionately offer part-time, temporary and contract work, often with limited or no benefits.