Whelan, CiaraCiaraWhelanWalsh, Patrick P.Patrick P.WalshLi, QiQiLi2008-05-192008-05-192008 Geary2007-12-05http://hdl.handle.net/10197/142We document the nature of structural changes in employment to understand “jobless” growth in Irish Manufacturing in the aftermath of EEC/EU membership, 1972-2003. By 1972, forty years of protectionism and fifteen years of export promotion induced the coexistence of large exporting plants with import competing plants within 4-digit industries. During trade liberalisation we document persistent horizontal waves of creative destruction, a decline in traditional import competing plants and an expansion in exporting plants, within each sector. This coexisted with rapid vertical waves of creative destruction in small non-exporting plants which supported exporting growth through forward vertical linkages within each sector.4304 bytesapplication/pdfenManufacturing employmentStructural changeTrade liberalisationO30L20Manufacturing industries--IrelandLabor supply--IrelandFree trade--European Union countriesWorking Paperhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/