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Are we engineering ourselves out of manufacturing jobs?

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  • Mark E. Schweitzer
  • Saeed Zaman

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Since the 1970s, productivity growth in the manufacturing sector has outpaced the overall economy, yet the sector?s share of the workforce has declined dramatically. This leads us to ask if we are in fact engineering ourselves out of jobs. This Economic Commentary explores the relationship between productivity and employment and points out why this apparently straightforward relationship may be more complicated than it appears.

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  • Mark E. Schweitzer & Saeed Zaman, 2006. "Are we engineering ourselves out of manufacturing jobs?," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, issue Jan.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcec:y:2006:i:jan1
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    1. Susan HOUSEMAN, 2007. "Outsourcing, offshoring and productivity measurement in United States manufacturing," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 146(1-2), pages 61-80, March.
    2. Susan Houseman, 2006. "Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Productivity Measurement in Manufacturing," Upjohn Working Papers 06-130, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

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