This paper examines the determinants of the diffusion of team production systems (modular assembly) and the impact of these systems on firm performance relative to traditional assembly systems in the apparel industry. The paper draws on an extensive survey providing detailed information on a...

Trade and employment : an overview of the issues and evidence / Laura D'Andrea Tyson and John Zysman -- The effects of trade on employment / William T. Dickens -- Why it matters what we trade : a case for active policy / William T. Dickens and Kevin Lang -- The domestic employment consequences...

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Apparrel manufacturing in the American South, by virtue of its size, its reliance upon female labor, and its broad geographic scope, is an important but often overlooked industry that connects the disparate concerns of women's history, southern cultural history, and labor history. In Striking...