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journal contribution
posted on 14.07.2017, 00:00 authored by J. DruckerThis paper examines the relationship between regional industrial structure and
employment change in the manufacturing sector and 19 subsectors in the United States from
1987 to 1997. The relative associations of economic diversity, industrial specialization, and
competitive structure with economic performance are assessed using a non-causal regression
framework. Multiple facets of industrial structure at the regional scale, including competitive
structure, are considered together by exploiting confidential microdata to construct and evaluate
detailed metrics across broad geographic and industrial ranges. The findings suggest the
importance of industrial competitive structure for understanding regional employment change,
economic performance, and industrial development.