What’s Gone Wrong (and Right) in the Industrial Heartland?

Mark Schweitzer

Economic Commentary, 2017, issue September

Abstract: The historically Midwestern manufacturing region, sometimes referred to as the ?Rust Belt,? faced another challenging period after 2000 when manufacturing employment declined by 1.2 million jobs. This Commentary investigates the relative economic performance of this region versus other US metropolitan areas during and following these job losses. The analysis shows that while unemployment rates have recovered in the metro areas of the industrial heartland, other economic indicators lag behind the manufacturing-intensive metro areas outside of the region.

Keywords: manufacturing; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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