Publications

June 16, 2021

A Dynamic Ranking of U.S. Manufacturing Subsector Competitiveness Indicators

This paper makes use of U.S. manufacturing subsector data and a dynamic ranking analysis, usedby the author in a…

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April 3, 2020

Trends in US Manufacturing Employment

In this issue of Insight into Manufacturing Policy, government-generated data on employment and wages is used to illustrate changes over…

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November 3, 2016

The Evolving Contours of Productivity Performance and Automation Investment in U.S. Manufacturing

This paper analyzes the productivity challenges as well as the production-related technological investments in the U.S. manufacturing sector in…

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October 3, 2007

An Empirical Model of the Sources of Innovation in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector

One Must Look Beyond R&D to Understand Innovation…

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October 1, 2005

China’s Demographic Destiny and Its Economic Implications

Population Changes will Impact China’s Long-term Economic Growth and Global Competitiveness…

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October 3, 2004

The labor market in post-reform China: history, evidence, and implications; China’s labor cost advantages are shifting but will remain formidable

Concern over China’s growing economic power has focused attention on its prevailing wage, which–in spite of recent strong growth–remains…

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