Becker, Randy A.; Grim, Cheryl - 2011
Longitudinally-linked microdata on U.S. manufacturing plants are currently available to researchers for 1963, 1967, and … 1972-2009. In this paper, we provide a first look at recently recovered manufacturing microdata files from the 1950s and … value in extending the manufacturing microdata series back into time. With these data, new lines of research become possible …