Rural Illinois in Numbers: Content-Valid Indicators for Governance
Rural-Illinois-in-Numbers-Content-Valid-Indicators-for-governance_RB4_11_2 This paper provides ‘valid’ indicators for quality of life [...]
Discouraged Workers in the Nonmetro
Discouraged-Workers-v4_5 This paper explores the personal characteristics of those discouraged [...]
Demographics of High-Income Households in Rural Illinois, 2021
demographics-high-income-households-in-rural-illinois-2022_V4_3 This paper presents the profile of high-income households in [...]
Interpreting the Recent Decline in Illinois’ Labor Force: April 2020 – December 2021
RB42_LF_Final This paper focuses on the effects of extraneous factors [...]
Unused Human Resources in Rural Illinois: A Profile of “Not in the Labor Force” Population, January – October 2021
Unused-human-resources This paper uses the concept of ‘labor reserve’ to [...]
Explaining Outmigration Intentions of Rural Population
Explaining-Outmigration-Intentions This study uses data from a recent Ipsos survey, [...]
Direct Mail Advertisements and Their Economic Contributions: The Case of Rural Illinois
direct_mail_advertisement_rural Any unsolicited advertising sent to potential customers through the [...]
Covid-19 Impacts on Women-Owned Businesses: A Systematic Literature Review and Empirical Analysis
covid_impact_on_women-owned_businesses_v3_13_2021_2 This research shows that women-owned businesses were impacted by [...]
Problem Identification in Community Economic Development via Natural Language Processing
Problem Identification in Community Economic Development via Natural Language Processing [...]
Deep-Tech Inventions in Illinois: An Empirical Analysis
deep-tech-inventions-v3-n10_2 This paper explores deep-tech inventions in Illinois using the [...]