Uruguayan manufacturing sector. Uruguay opened its economy in the presence of at least initially-strong unions and structurally … different industry concentration levels. Higher international exposure implied slightly higher job creation and an important … rates, unions were effective in reducing job and capital destruction. Industry concentration also was found to mitigate the …

This paper examines the impact of manufacturing employment decline on the socio-economic outcomes within and between … manufacturing decline negatively impacted blacks (men, women, and children) in terms of their wages, employment, marriage rates …-share" instrument for the local manufacturing employment share. Overall, the decline in manufacturing is reducing socio …