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A Comparison of Military Base Closures: Metro and Nonmetro Counties, 1961-90

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  • Rowley, Thomas D.
  • Stenberg, Peter L.

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This report describes socioeconomic changes in local economies following closure of a military base. Comparisons are drawn between effects in nonmetro and metro counties, and between counties experiencing a base-closing and all other counties. Despite extreme variation in economic growth among base-closing counties, three intriguing conclusions are found: 1) job losses tended to constitute a higher percentage of total employment in nonmetro counties than in metro counties; 2) of the 83 base-closing counties studied, one-third did not regain as many civilian jobs as were lost; 3) growth rates for employment, income, and population were slower in the average nonmetro base-closing county than in both the average metro base-closing county and the average nonmetro county nationwide.

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  • Rowley, Thomas D. & Stenberg, Peter L., 1993. "A Comparison of Military Base Closures: Metro and Nonmetro Counties, 1961-90," Staff Reports 278693, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:278693
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278693
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    1. Catherine Hill, 2000. "Measuring Success in the Redevelopment of Former Military Bases: Evidence from a Case Study of the Truman Annex in Key West, Florida," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 14(3), pages 267-277, August.
    2. Marzena Piotrowska-Trybull & Stanislaw Sirko, 2020. "Military Units as Elements of Development Potential of Small and Medium-Sized Cities," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 2), pages 200-219.
    3. Stanisław Sirko & Jarosław Kozuba & Marzena Piotrowska-Trybull, 2019. "The Military’s Links with Local Communities in the Context of Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-11, August.

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