Employment Performance by Sector in Cameron County, Texas, 2007-2011
In the 2007-2011 period the unemployment rate in the United States of America rose -4.4 percentage points. Despite this negative environment, Cameron County, Texas saw its unemployment rate drop, revealing its competitive edge. That "recession-proof" or "counter-cyclical" profile...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE |
| Repositorio: | Frontera Norte |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.colef.mx:article/89 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://fronteranorte.colef.mx/index.php/fronteranorte/article/view/89 |
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| Palavra-chave: | employment shift-share Cameron Brownsville Matamoros empleo |
| Resumo: | In the 2007-2011 period the unemployment rate in the United States of America rose -4.4 percentage points. Despite this negative environment, Cameron County, Texas saw its unemployment rate drop, revealing its competitive edge. That "recession-proof" or "counter-cyclical" profile is explained by its service-oriented economy, but with strong indications of government intervention, pointing to a market failure. To shed light on economic performance by sector, the shift-share analysis of changing occupational distributions and employment growth was applied, using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. |
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