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Fort Bend County: life in the urban fast lane
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Industrial structure and economic complementarities in city pairs on the Texas-Mexico border
The U.S.?Mexico border provides a number of examples of pairs of neighboring cities, one in the U.S. and the other in Mexico. The advent of the North American Industrial Classification System provides a new opportunity to look at these cities using a common industrial classification system. Using U.S. data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis, and comparable information from the 1999 Mexican economic census, we were able to compare employment by industry sector in city pairs that are located along the Texas?Mexico border: El Paso?Juarez, Laredo?Nuevo Laredo, ...
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Income growth in the southwest: implications for long-term development
Many observers view economic diversification as the antidote for the Southwests boom-and-bust cycles and as the key to long-term economic growth. Robert W. Gilmer addresses this issue by analyzing whether regional growth has been dominated by industry-specific cyclical factors or whether internal factorssuch as labor force quality, infrastructure, and the educational systemhave primarily accounted for long-term growth. ; Gilmers analysis suggests that, for long-term growth, internal factors are more critical than industry mix. Gilmer concludes that policies designed to promote local ...
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Finding new ways to grow: recovery in the oil patch
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Oil-related employment: long-term adjustment in nine cities
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Mexico imports U.S. recession but shows financial strength
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Texas rides oil and technology to new highs
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Slower growth in Houston in 1999
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Diversification of Houston's economic base