"Industrial Devolution in New York State" . (original) (raw)

1986, Morton Schoolman and Alvin Magid (eds.), Reindustrializing New York State. Albany: State University of New York Press, l986, 75-89.

Based on a 100% sample of all industrial openings, expansions, contractions and closings in New York State between 1965 and 1975, were offer a statistical portrait of industrial decline in New York State. During this turning-point period, there were many more expansions and openings thanclosures and contractions, but the closures tended to be much larger, and often involving more than 100 employees. Contractions, expansions, and openings tended to be much smaller and therefore the balance was steeply in favor of job-loss in all sectors and regions of the state. There was a large disproportion of closings among subsidiaries of larger, multilocal companies