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Do Federal Place-Based Policies Improve Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities?

Emily Parker, Laura Tach, Cassandra Robertson
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2022, 8 (4) 125-154; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.4.06
Emily Parker
aPostdoctoral fellow with the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan, United States
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bAssociate professor of sociology and public policy at Cornell University, United States
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cSenior policy and research manager at New America, United States
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    Annual Place-Based Funding (in billions)

    Source: Authors’ tabulation based on public records of federal agencies.

    Note: Annual funding amounts adjusted for inflation to 2016 dollars. Geography based on 1990 OMB definitions.

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    Total and Per Capita Annual Place-Based Funding (in billions)

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    Total Place-Based Funding in Nonmetro Counties, 1990–2015

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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Emily Parker, Laura Tach, Cassandra Robertson
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