Boom or bust? Population dynamics in natural resource-dependent counties

• Main Authors: WIINKLER, Richelle, CHENG Cheng, GOLDING, Shaun
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Social Capital; Financial Capital; Migration Flow; Bonding Social Capital; Labor Force Status; Work, Economy and Organizations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3275
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This chapter evaluates how migration streams by age, educational attainment, household income, and labor force status shape population composition and community assets in rural natural-resource-dependent US counties. Rural areas (and especially those dependent on natural resources) have long experie...