This volume reviews a range of different valuation methodologies -- stated preferences, cost-benefit, revealed preferences, and others -- and looks at how these different approaches influence choices in rural policy.
This volume reviews a range of different valuation methodologies -- stated preferences, cost-benefit, revealed preferences, and others -- and looks at how these different approaches influence choices in rural policy.
This volume reviews a range of different valuation methodologies -- stated preferences, cost-benefit, revealed preferences, and others -- and looks at how these different approaches influence choices in rural policy.
This book points out that because many natural and cultural features are public goods, with limited markets and hazy property rights, public policies are needed to strike the delicate balance between supply and demand.
In the first chapter, I provide descriptive analyses regarding dynamics of the New York teacher labor market during the twenty-year period from 1985 to 2004 across community type. Over this period, the number of employed teachers increased 32 percent. All community types experienced growth. With respect to teacher recruitment, rural schools rely on beginning teachers to meet their needs more so than schools in non-rural communities. As for retention, same-school retention rates are lower in rural schools than in suburban schools, and experienced teachers transfer away on net from rural schools to suburban schools. Salaries may be a contributing factor to these labor market trends. Rural salaries, both beginning and average, have consistently been the lowest in the state.
The future of rural areas is high on the domestic and international policy agenda. Restructuring of the agricultural sector, and accompanying reform of agricultural policies, and the challenge of meeting sustainable development objectives are key preoc
The report highlights the diverse challenges facing rural areas, their unused potential, and the inability of sectoral policy alone to address these challenges.