Duration: 10/01/2000 to 09/30/2005

Administrative Advisor(s):

NIFA Reps:

Non-Technical Summary

Statement of Issues and Justification

Related, Current and Previous Work

Objectives

1. Provide a regional assessment of population change with focus on the magnitude of in-migration (especially foreign-born) in the local labor force and assess implications for job opportunities of the indigenous residents and in-migrants.
   
2. Assess the current trends and economic viability of industrial clusters (High tech/Low tech, food processing, military, and other key rural sectors) and related occupational opportunities.
   
3. Explore the possible spatial mismatch between existing and evolving employer needs (demand) and the human capital characteristics of the rural workforce (supply).
   
4. Assess the role that new technology plays in local labor markets - both in job creation and ways in which local community institutions like community colleges are able to respond to the need for new skills.
   
5. Explore how policy-related activities, with a focus on the Workforce Investment Act, will affect the worker skill/employer need match and related commuting or migration decisions.
   
6. Quantify the spatial dynamics of labor markets in the selected rural areas.
   
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Methods

Measurement of Progress and Results

Outputs

Outcomes or Projected Impacts

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Projected Participation

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Outreach Plan

Organization/Governance

Literature Cited

Attachments

Land Grant Participating States/Institutions

AL, IA, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, NC, NY, OH, PR, SC, WV

Non Land Grant Participating States/Institutions

USDA/ERS