Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: West Virginia's Persistant Unemployment Problem

Document Type

Panel Presentation

Start Date

21-4-2017 10:45 AM

End Date

21-4-2017 12:00 PM

Keywords

politics, Appalachia, West Virginia, economy

Biography

Native of Huntington and senior her presenting capstone.

Major

Political Science/Economics

Advisor for this project

Jamie Warner

Abstract

During the 2016 West Virginia gubernatorial election, one of the Democratic candidate and eventual winner Jim Justice's most popular slogans was a simple yet telling promise: "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs." However, the problem of the West Virginia economy is nothing new. There is a large amount of scholarship on the topic from as far back as the 1960s and yet the problem persists. I explore in my paper some of the fundamental problems that plague my home state, as well as offer insight for the future.

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS
 
Apr 21st, 10:45 AM Apr 21st, 12:00 PM

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: West Virginia's Persistant Unemployment Problem

During the 2016 West Virginia gubernatorial election, one of the Democratic candidate and eventual winner Jim Justice's most popular slogans was a simple yet telling promise: "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs." However, the problem of the West Virginia economy is nothing new. There is a large amount of scholarship on the topic from as far back as the 1960s and yet the problem persists. I explore in my paper some of the fundamental problems that plague my home state, as well as offer insight for the future.