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Recasting the Creative Class to Examine Growth Processes in Rural and Urban Counties

Working paper presented as part of the New York Creative Economy Project's 2006 meeting, "Opportunities and Challanges Facing the rural Creative Economy."

Partial Abstract:
Our analysis of recent rural development in rural U.S. counties, which focuses on natural amenities as quality of life indicators, supports the creative class thesis. A repetition for urban counties also shows a strong relationship between creative class presence and growth, although natural amenities play a smaller role. However, our results depend on a recast creative class
measure, which excludes from the original Florida measure many occupations with low creativity requirements and those involved primarily in economic reproduction. Our measure conforms more closely to the concept of creative class and proves to be more
highly associated with regional development than the original Florida measure.

Working paper presented as part of the New York Creative Economy Project's 2006 meeting, "Opportunities and Challanges Facing the rural Creative Economy."

http://www.nycreativeeconomy.cornell.edu/downloads/events/Recasting_Creative_Cla…
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Matthew Pena
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Matthew Pena
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David A. McGranahan and Timothy R. Wojan
Farm and Rural Business Branch
Economic research Service, USDA
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Publisher Reference: 
Economic Research Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Old URL: 
http://www.artsusa.org/NAPD/modules/resourceManager/publicsearch.aspx?id=12335
Research Abstract
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Categories: 
Creative Industries
Cultural Districts
Cultural Planning
Creative Economies
Creative Workforce
Is this an Americans for the Arts Publications: 
No