This paper uses the Mead/Ramsay version of shift/share analysis to investigate the comparative employment performance (80s vs. 70s) of the 50 states and D.C. State performance is ranked and compared with various measures of business climate, labor costs and trade sensitivity. The results are...

This article places urban industrial reform in China in its broad historical context. The reform initiatives to date are a direct reaction to shortcomings of planning. While decentralization and increased reliance on markets and short-range managerial decisionmaking are more commonly noted in...

This article focuses on the role of real and money wages in a state’s growth (macro) and location (micro) prospects. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey for 2000 were used first to indirectly estimate state cost-of-living (COL) indices....

This paper utilizes data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment Survey (OES) to estimate relative cost-of-living (COL) indices for each state. Information Technology (IT) activity (as opposed to industry) is defined by employment in computer and math-related...