Abstract This paper discusses that Canadian workers affected by industrialization are the long-term unemployed, the unemployed after downsizing who are re-employed in the long-term, and the survivors who remain employed in industries that are undergoing restructuring at different intensities. Next, the paper relates that deindustrialization is due to factors internal to advanced economies and to shifts in the demand patterns of service and manufacturing industries. Furthermore, the author indicates that north-south trade has contributed to deindustrialization through the stimulation of labor productivity in the advanced economy manufacturing sectors in response to the competition of cheaper imports from developing economies.
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From the Paper "While deindustrialization is not only due to north-south trade, this trade has affected the demand for some types of labor. Rowthorn and Ramaswamy state that there are two primary channels that competition from low-wage producers can utilize and that affects employment in manufacturing in northern countries:
(1) Via its impact on total manufacturing output in the north;
(2) Through its impact on labor productivity."
Tags:deindustrialization, industrial legalism, manufacturing specialization direct investment
Abstract This essay will explore the experiences of wage-earners in the steel worker occupational group in Canada over the past half century. In the course of this work, interviews with three steel workers will be integrated with scholarly research to explore the changing nature of work in this industrial sector in recent decades.
