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Full-Text Articles in Rural Sociology
Forty-Three Percent Of Eligible Rural Families Can Claim A Larger Credit With Eitc Expansion, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Forty-Three Percent Of Eligible Rural Families Can Claim A Larger Credit With Eitc Expansion, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Carsey Publications
This policy brief on the changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit in the ARRA also shows that families with three or more children and married couples will receive an increased refund under these new EITC rules for tax years 2009 and 2010. Many families in urban and suburban communities will also see increased benefits under these new provisions.
Navigating The Teen Years: Promise And Peril For Northern New Hampshire Youth, Anne M. Shattuck
Navigating The Teen Years: Promise And Peril For Northern New Hampshire Youth, Anne M. Shattuck
Carsey Publications
This report provides a snapshot of how youth are doing in Carroll, Coos, and Grafton counties and describes some of the difficulties they and their communities face as they negotiate the transition to adulthood. The study is based on data from several agencies that collect county- and community-level information about youth, as well as from interviews with individuals working with youth in each of the three counties.
Paid Sick Time Helps Workers Balance Work And Family, Kristin Smith
Paid Sick Time Helps Workers Balance Work And Family, Kristin Smith
Carsey Publications
In New Hampshire, workers fare better than workers nationally, yet one-quarter of Granite State workers do not have paid sick days. The lack of paid sick days places workers in a bind. They are forced to choose between caring for a sick family member or themselves and losing pay. This brief suggests that the long-term benefits of workers having paid sick days out way the cost for employers because it promotes less contagion among coworkers, increased productivity, and reduced turnover.
Child Tax Credit Expansion Increases Number Of Families Eligible For A Refund, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Child Tax Credit Expansion Increases Number Of Families Eligible For A Refund, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Carsey Publications
The analysis shows that more than 500,000 rural families, or almost 9 percent of rural families, will become newly eligible for the Child Tax Credit under the expansion included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Within these families are an estimated 900,000 rural children. The proportion of urban families benefiting from the expanded Child Tax Credit is slightly lower than in rural areas, but only 5 percent of suburban families are newly eligible for the credit.
Youth Aspirations And Sense Of Place In A Changing Rural Economy: The Coos Youth Study, Nena F. Stracuzzi
Youth Aspirations And Sense Of Place In A Changing Rural Economy: The Coos Youth Study, Nena F. Stracuzzi
Carsey Publications
Youth in rural Coos County have surprisingly strong ties to their communities, finds a new report from the Carsey Institute. The brief is the first to report on a ten-year panel study of students who began seventh and eleventh grades in 2007 in Coos, New Hampshire's northernmost and most rural county.
The Experience Of The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund In Mainstreaming Of Acquisition Loans To Cooperative Manufactured Housing Communities, Michael E. Swack, Jolan Rivera
The Experience Of The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund In Mainstreaming Of Acquisition Loans To Cooperative Manufactured Housing Communities, Michael E. Swack, Jolan Rivera
Carsey Publications
This study aimed to provide evidence of the extent to which a financial product―land acquisition loans for manufactured home parks―performed well and was adopted by mainstream financial institutions. The study hypothesized that The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund’s effective introduction of the new loan product, coupled with excellent loan performance, led banks to adopt the loan product.
Many New Voters Make The Granite State One To Watch In November, Kenneth M. Johnson, Dante J. Scala, Andrew Smith
Many New Voters Make The Granite State One To Watch In November, Kenneth M. Johnson, Dante J. Scala, Andrew Smith
Carsey Publications
A third of potential voters in New Hampshire during the fall of 2008 have become eligible to vote in the state. Further, these potential new voters are more likely to identify with the Democratic Party and less likely to identify as Republicans than are established New Hampshire voters, contributing to the state's "purple" status.
Working Hard For The Money: Trends In Women's Employment 1970 To 2007, Kristin Smith
Working Hard For The Money: Trends In Women's Employment 1970 To 2007, Kristin Smith
Carsey Publications
Seventy-three percent of married rural mothers with children under age 6 work for pay. As men's employment rates have dropped over the past four decades, more rural women are working to keep the lights on at home. Rural women are just as likely as their urban counterparts to work for pay, but they earn less, have fewer occupational choices, and have seen their family income decline as men's wages have not kept pace with inflation. Dr. Smith's report looks at over 30 years of data about women's employment.
Discussion On Poor Rural Areas At The Brookings Institution, Cynthia M. Duncan
Discussion On Poor Rural Areas At The Brookings Institution, Cynthia M. Duncan
Carsey Publications
No abstract provided.
Grey Gold: Do Older In-Migrants Benefit Rural Communities?, Nina Glasgow, David L. Brown
Grey Gold: Do Older In-Migrants Benefit Rural Communities?, Nina Glasgow, David L. Brown
Carsey Publications
Older Americans retiring to rural areas quickly integrate in their new communities and bring significant social and intellectual capital to those communities, finds a new issue brief from the Carsey Institute. The brief is among the few studies to consider social rather than economic impacts of older in-migration to rural areas.
Rural Children Now Less Likely To Live In Married-Couple Families, Allison Churilla
Rural Children Now Less Likely To Live In Married-Couple Families, Allison Churilla
Carsey Publications
The percentage of rural children living in married-couple families dropped to 68 percent in 2008, one percentage point below that of children in metropolitan areas. In 1990, 76 percent of rural children and 72 percent of metropolitan-area children were living in married-couple families. But while marriage declined in both areas in the 1990s, urban rates bottomed out at 68 percent in 1998. The share of rural children living in married-couple families plunged from 73 percent in 2000 to 68 percent in 2008.
Concentrated Rural Poverty And The Geography Of Exclusion, Daniel T. Lichter, Domenico Parisi
Concentrated Rural Poverty And The Geography Of Exclusion, Daniel T. Lichter, Domenico Parisi
Carsey Publications
One-half of rural poor are segregated in high-poverty areas, a new policy brief co-published by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire and Rural Realities. This brief highlights the challenges faced by America's rural poor, particularly as they are physically and socially isolated from middle-class communities that might offer economic opportunities.
Affordable Heat: Lowering Vermont's Fuel Bills And Greenhouse Emissions, Richard Cowart
Affordable Heat: Lowering Vermont's Fuel Bills And Greenhouse Emissions, Richard Cowart
Carsey Publications
Policy Leadership Initiative Year III Addressing Energy Challenges for Low-income Families in Northern New England
Pay As You Save (Pays), Paul A. Cillo
Pay As You Save (Pays), Paul A. Cillo
Carsey Publications
Policy Leadership Initiative Year III Addressing Energy Challenges for Low-income Families in Northern New England
Affordable Heat: A Whole-Buildings Efficiency Service For Vermont Families And Businesses, Richard Cowart, Richard Sedano, Frederick Weston, Brenda Hausauer
Affordable Heat: A Whole-Buildings Efficiency Service For Vermont Families And Businesses, Richard Cowart, Richard Sedano, Frederick Weston, Brenda Hausauer
Carsey Publications
Policy Leadership Initiative Year III Addressing Energy Challenges for Low-income Families in Northern New England
Many New Hampshire Jobs Do Not Pay A Livable Wage, Daphne Kenyon, Allison Churilla
Many New Hampshire Jobs Do Not Pay A Livable Wage, Daphne Kenyon, Allison Churilla
Carsey Publications
As the U.S. economy falters and recession looms, 79 percent of jobs in New Hampshire do not pay a wage sufficient for single-parent families with two children to provide basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and health care. Carroll County has the lowest percentage of livable wage jobs, with only 13 percent of jobs paying a livable wage for single-parent families with two children.
Religion, Politics, And The Environment In Rural America, Michele Dillon, Megan M. Henly
Religion, Politics, And The Environment In Rural America, Michele Dillon, Megan M. Henly
Carsey Publications
Reflecting the heterogeneous nature of rural America, rural Americans are divided primarily along religious lines on their perspectives of environmental conservation and climate change. And as rural voters and environmental issues become key issues in the upcoming presidential election, this religious divide presents a challenge to political candidates.
Measures And Methods: Four Tenets For Rural Economic Development In The New Economy, Anita Brown-Graham, William Lambe
Measures And Methods: Four Tenets For Rural Economic Development In The New Economy, Anita Brown-Graham, William Lambe
Carsey Publications
Rural communities working to find strategies for success in today's economy need to rethink the tools they are using. Brown-Graham is the executive director of the Institute for Emerging Issues and a policy fellow at the Carsey Institute. William Lambe is the associate director at the Community and Economic Development Program at the School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Place Matters: Challenges And Opportunities In Four Rural Americas, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Leslie R. Hamilton, Cynthia M. Duncan, Chris R. Colocousis
Place Matters: Challenges And Opportunities In Four Rural Americas, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Leslie R. Hamilton, Cynthia M. Duncan, Chris R. Colocousis
Carsey Publications
A survey of 7,800 rural Americans in 19 counties across the country has led to the Carsey Institute's first major publication that outlines four distinctly different rural Americas—amenity, decline, chronic poverty, and those communities in decline that are also amenity-rich—each has unique challenges in this modern era that will require different policies than their rural neighbors.
Child Poverty In New Hampshire, Kristin Smith
Child Poverty In New Hampshire, Kristin Smith
Carsey Publications
No abstract provided.
The State Of Coos County: Local Perspectives On Community And Change, Chris R. Colocousis
The State Of Coos County: Local Perspectives On Community And Change, Chris R. Colocousis
Carsey Publications
Coos County residents are largely optimistic about their future despite significant economic challenges, especially in the Berlin/Gorham area. As part of a three-pronged effort to understand the ongoing changes in New Hampshire's North Country and surrounding counties, researchers at the Carsey Institute have surveyed more than 1,700 adult residents of Coos County, New Hampshire, and Oxford County, Maine.
Place Matters: Poverty And Development Challenges In Amenity Rich, Declining Resource Dependent And Chronically Poor Regions, Cynthia M. Duncan
Place Matters: Poverty And Development Challenges In Amenity Rich, Declining Resource Dependent And Chronically Poor Regions, Cynthia M. Duncan
Carsey Publications
No abstract provided.
Understanding Chronically Poor Places: Encouraging More Voices And Commitment To Change, Cynthia M. Duncan
Understanding Chronically Poor Places: Encouraging More Voices And Commitment To Change, Cynthia M. Duncan
Carsey Publications
Bureau of Health Professions, US Health Resources and Services Administration presentation
Rural Youth Are More Likely To Be Idle, Anastasia Snyder, Diane Mclaughlin
Rural Youth Are More Likely To Be Idle, Anastasia Snyder, Diane Mclaughlin
Carsey Publications
Rural young adults, ages 18-24, are more likely to be idle, not in school, the labor force, or the Armed Forces than their urban counterparts. Among rural high school dropouts and racial-ethnic minorities, rates of idleness are even more pronounced.
A Profile Of Latinos In Rural America, Rogelio Saenz
A Profile Of Latinos In Rural America, Rogelio Saenz
Carsey Publications
Despite their traditional residence in U.S. urban areas, Latinos represent a large and growing segment of America's rural population. Using recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 American Community Survey (ACS), Saenz presents a profile of the Latino population in the nonmetropolitan United States.
The Changing Faces Of New Hampshire: Recent Demographic Trends In The Granite State, Kenneth M. Johnson
The Changing Faces Of New Hampshire: Recent Demographic Trends In The Granite State, Kenneth M. Johnson
Carsey Publications
New Hampshire, with a total population of 1.3 million, gained 79,000 residents between 2000 and 2006. Most of this growth (51,000 residents) came from migration. The migration also brought economic gains: New Hampshire gained at least $1.4 billion in income from migration between 2001 and 2005, and households moving in earned nearly $9,000 more than those leaving.
The State Of Working New Hampshire 2007, Allison Churilla
The State Of Working New Hampshire 2007, Allison Churilla
Carsey Publications
The author of this annual update on the state's workforce finds that wage growth in the state has not kept up with the rising cost of living in New Hampshire. This negative impact exists despite the state's low unemployment rates and high labor force participation rates. This brief was prepared in cooperation with the Economic Policy Institute.
Eitc Is Vital For Working-Poor Families In Rural America, William P. Colnes, Elizabeth Kneebone
Eitc Is Vital For Working-Poor Families In Rural America, William P. Colnes, Elizabeth Kneebone
Carsey Publications
In the 2004 tax year, tax filers claimed almost $40 billion through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), making the EITC one of the largest federal programs that provides cash supports to low-income working families in the United States. The EITC is especially important to rural families throughout the United States. Among poor and near-poor families, those in rural areas are more likely to be working, and they are more likely to be working in low-wage jobs.
Employment Rates Higher Among Rural Mothers Than Urban Mothers, Kristin Smith
Employment Rates Higher Among Rural Mothers Than Urban Mothers, Kristin Smith
Carsey Publications
As men's jobs in traditional rural industries, such as agriculture, natural resource extraction, and manufacturing disappear due to restructuring of rural labor markets, the survival of the family increasingly depends on women's waged labor. Rural mothers with children under age 6 have higher employment rates than their urban counterparts but have higher poverty rates, lower wages, and lower family income, placing rural mothers and their children in a more economically vulnerable situation than urban mothers.
Rural America In The 21st Century: Perspectives From The Field , Andrea Colnes, Curt D. Grimm, Amy Seif Hattan, Nena F. Stracuzzi
Rural America In The 21st Century: Perspectives From The Field , Andrea Colnes, Curt D. Grimm, Amy Seif Hattan, Nena F. Stracuzzi
Carsey Publications
Rural America in the twenty-first century must develop new relationships and new ways of doing things to ensure an economically prosperous, socially just, and environmentally healthy future. Tapping into the resourcefulness and creativity of rural people will be essential in addressing this challenge. However, they cannot do it alone. Rural communities need critical infrastructure, investment, capital, and services. The overlapping forces shaping rural America–demographic transitions, economic changes, the legacy of chronic underinvestment in community institutions, and environmental factors—present challenges and opportunities. With the voices and strategies of rural Americans in hand, the Rural Assembly can now move forward toward this …