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Discussion Paper
Changes in the U.S. Economy and Rural-Urban Employment Disparities
In the United States, long-term changes in the nature of the economy – including advances in technological innovation and automation, declines in the extraction of certain energy resources, increases in globalization, and a shift to the "knowledge-based" economy – have coincided with disproportionately negative employment outcomes in many rural, or "nonmetro," communities, especially for prime working-age men and those with less than a high school degree.
Discussion Paper
Housing Affordability in the U.S.: Trends by Geography, Tenure, and Household Income
This FEDS Note explores where, and for whom, housing affordability is getting worse, better, or staying the same in order to shed new light on the differential experiences of various groups.
Discussion Paper
Rural Employment Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Region
This FEDS Note explores racial and regional differences in metro-nonmetro employment disparities by looking at employment rates by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and region. It finds substantial differences in the metro-nonmetro employment gap across racial and ethnic groups, with Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native men and women having much lower employment rates in nonmetro areas relative to their metro peers.
Report
Perspectives from Main Street: Bank Branch Access in Rural Communities
Perspectives from Main Street: Bank Branch Access in Rural Communities examines how rural consumers and small businesses use bank branches and how their communities have been affected by branch closures. The report includes information gathered at listening sessions hosted by Federal Reserve Banks across the country between July 2018 and January 2019, in addition to other data and research.
Report
Perspectives from Main Street: Bank Branch Access in Rural Communities
Perspectives from Main Street: Bank Branch Access in Rural Communities examines how rural consumers and small businesses use bank branches and how their communities have been affected by branch closures. The report includes information gathered at listening sessions hosted by Federal Reserve Banks across the country between July 2018 and January 2019, in addition to other data and research.
Discussion Paper
The Effects of COVID-19, as Reported by Local Communities
Since early-April 2020, the Community Development function of the Federal Reserve Board and the twelve Federal Reserve Banks have, approximately every eight weeks, surveyed key stakeholders in local communities across the United States to learn about how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting their community.
Working Paper
Rural Affordable Rental Housing : Quantifying Need, Reviewing Recent Federal Support, and Assessing the Use of Low Income Housing Tax Credits in Rural Areas
Recently, there has been significant interest in the high levels of rental cost burden being experienced across the United States. Much of this scholarship has focused on rental cost burdens in larger urban areas, or at the national level, and has not explored differences in the prevalence of rental cost burden in urban versus rural communities. In this paper, I find that rental cost burdens are a challenge facing both urban and rural communities. However, despite the need for affordable rental housing in rural communities identified, I find the amount of resources made available by the ...