The Transformation of Manufacturing across Federal Reserve Districts: Success for the Great Plains?
研究了美国大平原地区三个美联储区的制造业就业表现优于其他地区的原因，发现近半优势来自更有利的行业结构。
Despite experiencing solid gains in the last two years, U.S. manufacturing employment is down by about one-third since 1990. The decline has been felt more dramatically in some eastern Federal Reserve Districts. ; In the three Districts of the Great Plains?Dallas, Kansas City and Minneapolis?factory employment has consistently held up better than in other Districts. ; Wilkerson and Williams find that since 2000, nearly half of the better factory jobs performance in the Great Plains has been due to a more favorable mix of manufacturing industries than in other regions of the country.