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  • May 2019
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Geographic Inequality Primer

By: William Kerr, Joseph Fuller, Manjari Raman and Donald Maruyama
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:24
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Abstract

There are large and persistent divides between urban centers and rural areas in America due in part to structural causes. This primer focuses on the demographic differences between urban and rural areas within the United States and the unique challenges facing rural areas in adapting to forces like automation and globalization.

Keywords

Inequality; Rural; Development; Equality and Inequality; Demographics; Rural Scope; Urban Scope; Development Economics; Problems and Challenges; Globalization; United States

Citation

Kerr, William, Joseph Fuller, Manjari Raman, and Donald Maruyama. "Geographic Inequality Primer." Harvard Business School Background Note 819-142, May 2019.
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William R. Kerr

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