Date of Graduation
1997
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Type
PhD
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Political Science
Committee Chair
Jeffery S. Worsham
Committee Co-Chair
L. Christopher Plein
Committee Member
Roger A. Lohmann
Committee Member
Allan S. Hammock
Committee Member
Neil Berch
Abstract
This paper examines retiree recruitment as a strategy in state economic development policy. The study employs a theoretical framework of policy adoption and lesson-drawing to answer the questions (1) why would a state adopt the policy of retiree recruitment and (2) how is the policy adopted. Three states in different stages of retiree recruitment policy adoption were selected as case studies. Results show that different strategies in policy adoption were operating in each case study state. In each state development of retiree recruitment was in response to a need to diversify the state economy. The idea of retiree recruitment originated in different venues, but in each case policy adoption was modeled on tourism development practices. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of retiree recruitment in the context of current economic assumptions made about the positive economic impact of retirees and in the context of new approaches to state economic development.
Recommended Citation
Kreidler, Michele Louise, "Recruiting retirees for economic development: A public policy perspective." (1997). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 9231.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/9231