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Title: Three Essays on Rural Resilience
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2024
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Abstract: This dissertation expands the concept of rural resilience to include the agricultural sector in the historical and contemporary context of the US. Across three essays, the topics include inter-generational occupational choices, migration decisions, farmland consolidation, structural transformation, and rural mortality. In the first essay, I study the Dust Bowl’s impact on inter-generational occupational choices in US agriculture. Using US full-count census panel data from 1920 to 1940 and a difference-in-difference design, I find that occupational persistence rates decreased by 2%. Children of farmers were 15% less likely to become self-employed farmers and 10% more likely to become paid farm workers. Additionally, children who migrated out of Dust Bowl-affected areas were 77% more likely to work off-farm. This study suggests that the Dust Bowl contributed to the structural transformation of the US economy in the 20th century.
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Authors: Jhij-Yun, Liu
Institution: University of Minnesota
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Pages: 1-266
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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration
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