"Explaining Differences in Unemployment Rates across Iowa Counties in t" by Joslyn Sailer

Article Title

Explaining Differences in Unemployment Rates across Iowa Counties in the Early Stages of the Great Recession

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Joslyn Sailer, University of Northern Iowa

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Article

Abstract

Iowa fared better than most other states in the recent recession. Yet within Iowa, there was considerable variation in how each county performed. I use a regression model to investigate the reasons for the differences. Counties that did better than average tended to have larger farm, retail trade, and real estate sectors; they also had larger percentages of both 15 to 19 year olds and Social Security recipients. Counties that fared worse than average typically relied more heavily on government employment.

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Spring 2012

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Major Themes in Economics

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

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Recommended Citation

Sailer, Joslyn (2012) "Explaining Differences in Unemployment Rates across Iowa Counties in the Early Stages of the Great Recession," Major Themes in Economics, 14, 13-32.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol14/iss1/4