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Impacts Of Foreign Trade, Automation, And Comparative Advantage On Manufacturing Employment Changes, 1975-80

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  • Kuehn, John A.
  • Braschler, Curtis H.

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A modified shift-share analysis'for 1975-80 indicated that (1) 122,000 total net manufacturing jobs were lost to foreign trade; (2) automation accounted for about 1.8 million job losses; (3) apparel, leather, and motor vehicle industries lost many jobs to foreign trade; (4) the Great Lakes region lost many jobs to the South Atlantic, Southwest, and Far West regions; and (5) gains in nonmetropolitan areas were mainly in low-growth industries.

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  • Kuehn, John A. & Braschler, Curtis H., 1985. "Impacts Of Foreign Trade, Automation, And Comparative Advantage On Manufacturing Employment Changes, 1975-80," Staff Reports 277802, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:277802
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277802
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    1. Bennett Harrison, 1982. "The Tendency Toward Instability And Inequality Underlying The “Revival” Of New England," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(1), pages 41-65, January.
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