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September 2002, Vol. 125, No. 9

Job flows and labor dynamics in the U.S. Rust Belt

R. Jason Faberman
Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC.
Email: Faberman.Jason@bls.gov

From 1992 to 2000, high employment and wage growth occurred together with low unemployment in a number of U.S. Rust Belt metropolitan areas; localities 
with these characteristics had larger and younger  establishments, on average, in environments with high rates of both job creation and job destruction.

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