An examination of net employment changes in Ohio's manufacturing sector through three recent periods, finding that weak overall growth stems more from a slowdown in job creation than from excessive plant closings or contractions.

A discussion of how public infrastructure deterioration adversely affects urban economic development and why cities with an aging industrial base find it difficult to maintain and improve public capital stock while meeting community welfare needs.

An investigation of whether it is possible to predict national recessions by following the employment performance of specific states or regions. The author compares state employment patterns to the health of the national economy over the post-WWII period.

An argument that the economic importance of manufacturing, although commonly thought to be declining, has remained relatively strong because of manufacturing's linkages with growth in other sectors of the economy.

Proceedings of the October 2, 1992 meeting of the Fourth District Economists' Roundtable, which looked at the North American Free Trade Agreement's likely impact on the U.S. and Midwest economies.

A discussion of the complex relationship between labor costs and economic growth, with the contention that labor costs not only help determine rates of economic growth, but also respond to growth.

An examination of the dynamics of business activity in Cleveland, Ohio, using data about the formation of new businesses and about the expansion, contraction, and closing of existing businesses in seven sectors of the local economy.

An analysis of whether the economic downturn that began in mid-1990 hit white-collar workers disproportionately hard. The authors examine the issue from several perspectives and find overwhelming evidence to the contrary.