Rural economics

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Rural economics is the study of rural economies. Rural economies include both agricultural and non-agricultural industries, so rural economics has broader concerns than agricultural economics which focus more on food systems.• Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart (1993). "Rural Nonagricultural Activities in Development: Theory and Application", Journal of Development Economics, 40(1), pp. 75-101. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VBV-45N4YJ7-N/2/b08002e942285a7b59c62097173e31f1 Abstract.]
   • Jean O. Lanjouwb and Peter Lanjouw (2001). "The Rural Non-farm Sector: Issues and Evidence from Developing Countries", Agricultural Economics, 26(1), pp. 1-23. [https://archive.today/20130111101129/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T3V-44B2874-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=11df19951c3e421cf9fc2706935caf7f Abstract.]
   • Thomas Reardon et al. (2008). "Effects of Non-Farm Employment on Rural Income Inequality in Developing Countries: An Investment Perspective", Journal of Agricultural Economics,51(2), pp. 266-288. [https://archive.today/20130105063700/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120099092/abstract Abstract.] Rural development• Thomas P. Tomich, Peter Kilby, and Bruce F. Johnston (1995). Transforming Agrarian Economies. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2gL4nos96XAC&dq=%22rural+economics%22=&pg=PR7 Arrow-page searchable.]
   • Alain de Janvry, Rinku Murgai, and Elisabeth Sadoulet (2002). "Rural Development and Rural Policy", in Handbook of Agricultural Economics, v. 2A [https://books.google.com/books?id=XNE68DixkLkC (scrollable preview)], ch. 31. [http://en.scientificcommons.org/33453986 Abstract.]
   • Bruce L. Gardner (2005). "Causes of Rural Economic Development", Agricultural Economics, 32(s1), pp. 21-41. [https://archive.today/20130105121839/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118695090/abstract Abstract.]
   • Kiminori Matsuyama (2008). "Structural change", The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd Edition. [http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_S000440&q=rural&topicid=&result_number=1 Abstract.]
   • Steven C. Deller et al. (2001). "The Role of Amenities and Quality of Life in Rural Economic Growth", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83(2), pp. [http://etmd.nal.usda.gov/bitstream/10113/29686/1/IND23220343.pdf 352-365] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721070118/http://etmd.nal.usda.gov/bitstream/10113/29686/1/IND23220343.pdf|date=2011-07-21}} (close Pages tab). and finance• Michael R. Carter (2008), "agricultural finance", The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition.[http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_A000064&q=rural&topicid=&result_number=8 Abstract.]

   • Karla Hoff and Joseph E. Stiglitz (1993). "Imperfect Information and Rural Credit Markets: Puzzles and Policy Perspectives", in Karla Hoff, Avishay Braverman, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, ed., Economics of Rural Organization: Theory, Practice and Policy, ch. 2, pp. [http://faculty.ucr.edu/~jorgea/econ261/hoff_credit.pdf 33-52] (press +).
   • Rodrigo A. Chaves and Claudio Gonzalez-Vega (1996). "The Design of Successful Rural Financial Intermediaries: Evidence from Indonesia", World Development, 24(1), pp. 65-78. [https://archive.today/20130111090000/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VC6-3VWPM49-J&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1090112157&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6084e58fc28ff7c53890e82d5d060fe8 Abstract.] attempt to solve larger challenges within rural economics. These economic issues are often connected to the migration from rural areas due to lack of economic activities• James Roumasset (2008). "population and agricultural growth", The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition.

[http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_A000065&q=rural&topicid=&result_number=75 Abstract.]
   • David McGranahan (1999).Natural Amenities Drive Rural Population Change. Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER781) 32 pp, Description and chapter [http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer781/ links.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403163335/http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/AER781/ |date=2009-04-03 }} and rural poverty. Some interventions have been very successful in some parts of the world, with rural electrification and rural tourism providing anchors for transforming economies in some rural areas. These challenges often create rural-urban income disparities.• JunJie Wu, Paul W. Barkley, and Bruce A. Weber, ed. (2008). Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics. Resources for the Future. {{ISBN|978-1-933115-65-8}}.[http://www.rff.org/rff_press/pages/bookdetail.aspx?outputid=9966 Description.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031084746/http://www.rff.org/rff_press/pages/bookdetail.aspx?outputid=9966|date=2008-10-31}}
   • JEL classification codes#Urban, rural, and regional economics JEL: R Subcategories
   • Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet (2007). "Toward a Territorial Approach to Rural Development", Journal of Agricultural and Development, 4(1), pp. [ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ai192e/ai192e00.pdf 66-98.]

Rural spaces add new challenges for economic analysis that require an understanding of economic geography: for example understanding of size and spatial distribution of production and household units and interregional trade,• Anthony J. Venables (2008). "New economic geography". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition.[http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_E000247&q=geography&topicid=&result_number=2 Abstract.]

   • France Ivry (1994). Agricultural Household Modelling and Family Economics. Elsevier. [https://archive.today/20130414121038/http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19951803068.html;jsessionid=6B96AD6635983D86E5FEE2E41F2A8CF7 Abstract]. land use,• Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet (2008). "access to land and development", The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd Edition. [http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_A000212&q=rural%20land%20&topicid=&result_number=2 Abstract.]
   • JunJie Wu (2008). "Land Use Changes: Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts", Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 23(4), pp. [http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/pdf/article_49.pdf 6-10] (press +). and how low population density effects government policies as to development, investment, regulation, and transportation.• John W. Mellor (2008). "agriculture and economic development", The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. [http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_A000068&q=rural%20economics&topicid=&result_number=2 Abstract.]
   • Christopher B. Barrett and Emelly Mutambatsere (2008). "agricultural markets in developing countries", The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. [http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_A000209&q=rural%20economics&topicid=&result_number=48 Abstract.]
   • Karla Hoff, Avishay Braverman, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, ed. (1993). Economics of Rural Organization: Theory, Practice and Policy. Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
   • William A. Galston and Karen Baehler (1995). Rural Development in the United States: Connecting Theory, Practice, and Possibilities. Wash., D.C.: Island Press. [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED388488&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED388488 Description] and TOC [https://www.amazon.com/Rural-Development-United-States-Possibilities/dp/1559633263#reader link.]
   • Alan Okagaki, Kris Palmer, and Neil S. Mayer (1998). Strengthening Rural Economics. Wash., D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development. [http://www.huduser.org/publications/econdev/8731.html Description] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509153521/http://www.huduser.org/publications/econdev/8731.html |date=2009-05-09 }} and [http://www.huduser.org/Publications/PDF/ccc_rural.pdf PDF] (press +).