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Education and Socioeconomic Weil-Being in Racially Diverse Rural Counties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Elton Mykerezi ,
Bradford Mills  and
Sonya Gomes
Elton Mykerezi
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Bradford Mills
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Sonya Gomes
Affiliation:
Penn. State University, University Park, PA, and Virginia Tech Minority Academic Opportunities Program at Virginia Tech
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Abstract

This paper examines trends in the socioeconomic well-being in rural counties where Black residents represent one third or more of the population. These racially diverse rural counties (RDRCs) are located exclusively in the rural South and generally have low levels of economic well-being. On a positive note, college education levels in RDRCs are found to have increased rapidly between 1990 and 2000. Regression analysis suggests that these increases were in part due to the concentration of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the region. Local investments in K-12 education are also found to be linked to county education levels.

Keywords

Blackspublic educationpublic investmentrural SouthR12I21R53

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , August 2003 , pp. 251 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2003

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