Even before the Great Recession, U.S. employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000 and 2007, the economy gave back … the considerable employment gains achieved during the 1990s, with a historic contraction in manufacturing employment being … force behind both recent reductions in U.S. manufacturing employment and - through input-output linkages and other general …

.S. manufacturing employment. Transfer benefits payments for unemployment, disability, retirement, and healthcare also rise sharply in …

greater job churning and reduced lifetime income. At the national level, employment has fallen in U.S. industries more exposed … to import competition, as expected, but offsetting employment gains in other industries have yet to materialize. Better …