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- Farm Real Estate Ownership Transfer Patterns in Nebraska's Panhandle Region In this study by Bruce Johnson of the UNL Ag Economics Department, property ownership in the Panhandle by out-of-state, in-state and in-area residents is evaluated, along with cyclical reasons for buying and selling particular pieces of land.
- Download a copy of "Pillars of Growth in Nebraska's Non-Metropolitan Economy" This report brings together researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Creighton University to examine multiple dimensions of Nebraska's non-metropolitan economy.
- Download a copy of "Big Box Stores: Their Impacts on the Economy and Tips for Competing" The study by five researchers from the UNL Bureau of Business Research suggests that Wal-Mart and other big box stores have both positive and negative impacts on the economy.
- Download a copy of "The Effect of Wal-Mart on the Economic Growth of Nebraska Counties" The study is a thesis by Gibson Nene under the supervision of UNL Professors Azzedine Assam and Amalia Yiannaka of the Department of Agricultural Economics. It measures the effect of Wal-Mart on the standard of living of Nebraska communities, measured by median household income.
- Download a PowerPoint presentation of "Wal-Mart and Economic Growth of Nebraska Counties" This PowerPoint briefing summarizes in 29 slides the results of the above 65-page thesis on Wal-Mart's effects on Nebraska counties. Steven Katchman, UNL Professor of Statistics, joined the other researchers listed above to create this presentation.
- Labor Force Implications of Population Decline in Non-Metropolitan Nebraska Published in Business in Nebraska by the UNL Bureau of Business Research, this report by Nebraska Rural Initiative rural sociologist Randy Cantrell uses the most recent release of population estimates from the Census Bureau to document labor force changes in non-metropolitan counties as they relate to population loss in those counties.
- Agricultural Earnings Highly Variable Over TimeThis sub-state regional ag analysis by Bruce Johnson of the UNL Department of Agricultural Economics appears in the September 13, 2006, issue of the Cornhusker Economics newsletter.
- Project-in-Progress "Relocation to the Buffalo Commons"This rural development project directed by UNL Dr. Randolph Cantrell is made possible by a $220,387 USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grant awarded to the Rural Initiative. The primary objective for this proposal is to identify potentially successful strategies for residential recruitment and retention in the Nebraska Panhandle.
- Moving to the Rural Great Plains
Using data collected from a survey of new Nebraska Panhandle residents, this study describes the motivations of recent migrants from both metropolitan and non-metropolitan points of origin, and identifies significant differences in how both push and pull factors are perceived.
- Buffalo Commons Research Brief - Who is moving to the Panhandle
- Buffalo Commons Research Brief - Why people move to the Panhandle
- Buffalo Commons Research Brief - How to retain migrants to the Panhandle
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