Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David; Hanson, Gordon; Dorn, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Even before the Great Recession, U.S. employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000 and 2007, the economy gave back … local labor market level, consistent with local general equilibrium effects that amplify the impact of import competition. … the considerable gains in employment rates it had achieved during the 1990s, with major contractions in manufacturing …