Plant Closings and Worker Displacement. The Regional Issues.

Autor/in	Howland, Marie
Institution	Upjohn (W.E.) Inst. for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI.
Titel	Plant Closings and Worker Displacement. The Regional Issues.
Quelle	(1988), (179 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-88099-062-7
Schlagwörter	Dislocated Workers; Federal Aid; Federal Programs; Financial Problems; Manufacturing Industry; Public Policy; Regional Characteristics; Regional Planning; Structural Unemployment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsloser; Fertigungswirtschaft; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Öffentliche Ordnung; Regionaler Faktor; Regionalplanung
Abstract	Between 1981 and 1986, the U.S. manufacturing sector lost 1.2 million jobs. There is little regional variation in rates of plant closure, nor is there any correlation between cross-regional rates of industry growth and regional rates of plant closures. However, regional variation in rates of employment gains due to start-ups can be large and is highly correlated with cross-regional differences in industry growth rates. Regions with slow growth clearly have low start-up rates and limited expansions. They do not, however, have particularly high rates of plant closings. Neither does regional economic growth seem to significantly alter the likelihood of future plant closings in a region. These data argue against industrial policy as a means of slowing the pace of worker dislocation and against concession in wages, utility bills, and taxes as a strategy for retaining local jobs. Several policy options seem viable for both national policymakers and local economic development officials, including increased federal support for takeovers of closing branch plants and subsidiaries and financial and adjustment assistance for displaced workers. (Forty tables/figures are included as well as references for each chapter.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 300 South Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 ($11.95, paper, ISBN-0-88099-062-7; $18.95, hardcover, ISBN 0-88099-063-5).
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