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Slow work force growth: a challenge for the Midwest?
If today's tight labor market in the Midwest can be sustained, as now seems likely, the region's policymakers and businesses will face problems associated with labor-constrained growth rather than the underemployment of the recent past. An era of tight labor markets can be expected to add impetus to public policies that improve labor market efficiency, along with those that address perceived labor market imperfections.
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Is manufacturing at a crossroads?
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Two good neighbors lower their fences
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Are the large central cities of the Midwest reviving?
Most central cities of the Midwest experienced revival in the 1990s in comparison with the previous two decades, according to such broad measures as population, employment, unemployment, and income. This article evaluates gains in light of the overall turnaround of the Midwest economy and finds that underlying urban/suburban differences in performance have not changed radically in most metropolitan areas.
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Midwest manufacturing and trade with China
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Midwest prospects and the new economy
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Work force issues