Briefing
School Quality as a Tool for Attracting People to Rural Areas
Price, David; Marre, Alexander W.; Rupasingha, Anil (2020-08)
Many rural localities are interested in strategies for retaining residents and attracting newcomers. Recent research indicates that one promising strategy for rural development is maintaining and improving the quality of an area’s public schools. In this research, which is the first national study of the relationship between school quality and migration flows in and out of rural areas, better outcomes for students in a rural county’s schools were associated with higher migration into that county.
Richmond Fed Economic Brief , Volume 20 , Issue 9 , Pages 4 pgs.

COVID-19, School Closings and Labor Market Impacts COVID-19, School Closings and Labor Market Impacts
Ebsim, Mahdi; Gascon, Charles S. (2020-04-30)
With schools closed due to COVID-19, many full-time workers may drop out of the labor force to take care of their children. Which groups of workers might be most affected?
On the Economy

Discussion Paper
COVID-19 Remote Learning Exposes the Digital Divide
Marre, Alexander W. (2021-03-25)
Regional Matters