Downsizing in America,9780871540942

Downsizing in America

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ISBN13: 9780871540942
ISBN10: 0871540940
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-07-01
Publisher(s): Russell Sage Foundation
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Author Biography

Alan S. Blinder is the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics at Princeton University and codirector of Princeton's Center for Economic Policy Studies.

Table of Contents

About the Authors vii
Acknowledgments ix
What is Downsizing? An Overview
1(27)
Downsizing and the Press: Perception and Reality
28(35)
Theoretical Underpinnings of Downsizing
63(29)
Is American Business Really Downsizing? The Facts
92(39)
Downsizing in U.S. Manufacturing: An Empirical Analysis of Causes
131(50)
Upsizing in the Retail and Service Industries: Causes and Correlates
181(13)
A Closer Look at U.S. Manufacturing: The Consequences of Downsizing
194(40)
Downsizing and Increasing Turbulence in the Labor Market
234(24)
What Have We Learned About Downsizing? Conclusions
258(10)
Appendix: Our Newspaper Search 268(22)
Notes 290(13)
References 303(10)
Index 313

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