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Peer reviewedKasarda, John D.; Irwin, Michael D. – Social Forces, 1991
Analysis of employment change data for 3,101 counties during recent national recession and recovery periods found that factors derived from human ecological theory (density, infrastructure age, unionization, labor force education, and crime rate) best predicted local competitive dynamics across all business-cycle phases. Contains 60 references.…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Community Characteristics, Competition, Employment Patterns
