Explaining deindustrialization: How affluence, productivity growth, and globalization diminish manufacturing employment

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1644-1674

  Kollmeyer, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349220263     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597176     Document Type: Article

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