Energy and Labor Use by Rural Manufacturing Industries

Edward J. Smith

No 333751, Rural Development Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Energy use was weighed against labor use in 450 manufacturing industries to help judge the effect on jobs of rationing energy during a shortage. In 1975, over one-half of manufacturing energy was used by 32 industries employing less than 5 percent of manufacturing labor. Nonmetro areas, where manufacturing is the largest employer, had over one-third of U.S. employment in industries with a high energy-to-labor ratio, larger than their one-fourth share of all manufacturing employment. Regionally, the South Central and Rocky Mountain States accounted for about one-third of high energy-to-labor employment, but only one-sixth of all manufacturing employment.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 1981-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.333751

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