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Jobless growth through creative destruction : Ireland's industrial development path 1972-2003 |
Whelan, Ciara; Walsh, Patrick P.; Li, Qi
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We document the nature of structural changes in employment to understand “jobless” growth in Irish Manufacturing in the aftermath of EEC/EU membership, 1972-2003. By 1972, forty years of protectionism and fifteen years of export promotion induced the coexistence
of large exporting plants with import competing plants within 4-digit industries.
During trade liberalisation we document persistent horizontal waves of creative
destruction, a decline in traditional import competing plants and an expansion in
exporting plants, within each sector. This coexisted with rapid vertical waves of creative destruction in small non-exporting plants which supported exporting growth through forward vertical linkages within each sector. This paper was funded by a Government of Ireland Research Fellowship
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Keyword(s):
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Manufacturing employment; Structural change; Trade liberalisation; O30; L20; Manufacturing industries--Ireland; Labor supply--Ireland; Free trade--European Union countries |
Publication Date:
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2008 |
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Working paper |
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Peer-Reviewed:
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Unknown |
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Language(s):
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English |
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Institution:
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University College Dublin |
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Publisher(s):
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UCD Geary Institute |
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File Format(s):
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other; application/pdf |
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