Year: 1981
Type: book
Abstract: Furthermore, we are still without information that is critical, not just to formation of national policy, but to ef fective development, implementation, and administration of ad hoc programs designed to confront economic emergen cies.We do not have data on the prevalence of plant clos ings, on how many facilities shut down during any given year or for what reasons.We do not know the number of workers affected or the scope of the effects on communities.We do not know to what extent companies that move benefit from this investment strategy, and we have no clear idea of the available interventions or of their cost-effectiveness.While the negative impact of plant closings upon in dividuals and communities has seldom been dismissed light-
Authors: Jeanne P. Gordus, Paul Jarley, Louis A. Ferman
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W1496791546