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Meatpacking and prepared meats industry: above-average productivity gains
Richard B. CarnesDuring 1967-82, industry restructuring brought on by the introduction of boxed beef and increases in capital expenditures per employee boosted productivity; labor requirements have been reduced by technological changes.
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