The "Decline" of U.S. Manufacturing: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications

Authors

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Washington University in St Louis
Michael J. Athey

Files

Publication Date

5-1-1984

Series Information

Working Paper 87

Publisher

Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130

Description

This paper focuses on output as a prime indicator of the economic performance of business firms. Decline in the labor force does not necessarily mean that overall productivity is declining as well, due to factors such as improved technology.

Keywords

Industrial Policy, High-tech Industries, Low-Tech Industries, Durable Goods Industries, Nondurable Goods Industries, Manufacturing Companies

Disciplines

Economics | Public Policy

Comments

The Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), 1975-2001, is the predecessor of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Permanent URL: http://dx.doi/org/10.7936/K76W988C

DOI

doi:10.7936/K76W988C

Recommended Citation

Weidenbaum, Murray L. and Athey, Michael J., "The "Decline" of U.S. Manufacturing: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications", Working Paper 87, 1984, doi:10.7936/K76W988C.
Murray Weidenbaum Publications, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/189.