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Employment Stability and the Role of Sectoral Dominance in Rural Economies
Author(s) -
Fawson Christopher,
Thilmany Dawn,
Keith John E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1244554
Subject(s) - tourism , rural tourism , dominance (genetics) , economic geography , rural economics , tertiary sector of the economy , sustainability , socioeconomic status , economic growth , rural development , economics , socioeconomic development , development economics , business , tourism geography , agriculture , geography , economy , ecology , sociology , population , biochemistry , chemistry , demography , archaeology , biology , gene
Rural development has received renewed attention, particularly in the West, where there are opportunities for enhancing tourism in communities once reliant on extractive resources. The historical focus of rural development has been on economic growth, with little concern about the sustainability or socioeconomic impacts of such growth. This study analyzes and discusses the employment dynamics of rural economies with varying employment bases to illustrate some possible impacts of targeting specific employment sectors as part of a rural economic development strategy. The empirical research focuses on the rural counties of Utah, where the trade and service sectors associated with increased tourism and retirement communities have been rapidly expanding throughout the past two decades.