Employment Performance by Sector in Cameron County, Texas, 2007-2011

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v27i53.89
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employment shift-share Cameron Brownsville Matamoros

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Rodrigo Vera Vázquez

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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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Vera Vázquez, R. (2015). Employment Performance by Sector in Cameron County, Texas, 2007-2011. Frontera Norte, 27(53), 147–176. https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v27i53.89
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Vol. 27 No. 53 (2015): enero-junio, 2015
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