Spatial Aspects of the Productivity Slowdown: An Analysis of U.S. Manufacturing Data

Emilio Casetti; John Paul Jones Hit

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1987.tb00146.x

Spatial Aspects of the Productivity Slowdown: An Analysis of U.S. Manufacturing Data

Emilio Casetti, John Paul Jones Hit

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Abstract

We investigate the spatial differentiation in the rates of change of manufacturing productivity growth in the U.S. Using an application of the “expansion method,” we focus on the relation between the productivity slowdown and the Snowbelt-Sunbelt shift that materialized at approximately the same time during the mid-1960s. We find that the spatial patterns of manufacturing productivity acceleration were different before and after the mid-1960s, and we suggest that a redirection of capital flows is the mechanism behind the spatial patterns observed and the interrelations between the slowdown and the shift.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	76-88
Number of pages	13
Journal	Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Volume	77
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1987.tb00146.x
State	Published - Mar 1987
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Snowbelt-Sunbelt shifts
capital flows
expansion method
productivity slowdown
trend surface expansions

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Geography, Planning and Development
Earth-Surface Processes

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