@article {Hunter:December 2005:0036-0112:452,
	author = "Hunter, Lori M.",
	author = "Boardman, Jason D.",
	author = "Saint Onge, Jarron M.",
	title = "The Association Between Natural Amenities, Rural Population Growth, and Long-Term Residents' Economic Well-Being",
	journal = "Rural Sociology",
	volume = "70",
	year = "December 2005",
	abstract = "Population growth in rural areas characterized by high levels of natural amenities has recently received substantial research attention. A noted concern with amenity-driven rural population growth is its potential to raise local costs-of-living while yielding only low-wage service sector employment for long-term residents. The work presented here empirically models long-term rural residents' economic well-being, making use of longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. In general, the results suggest that long-term rural families residing in high-growth amenity and recreation areas tend to have higher annual incomes than do their counterparts in non-growth amenity/recreation areas, regardless of the sex, race, or age of the family head. However, higher costs-of-living in these areas supplant any relative gains in income. As such, these analyses provide empirical evidence of patterns inferred by earlier anecdotal evidence and case studies.",
	pages = "452-469(18)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rssoc/rs/2005/00000070/00000004/art00002"
	doi = "doi:10.1526/003601105775012714"
}