After peaking in the early-1970s, the population of the six county area surrounding and including Cuyahoga County declined annually for nearly two straight decades. But since 1990, more families have been arriving than leaving, which can be due only to this area’s rejuvenated economy. What accounts for this remarkable reversal in economic fortune?
As I have said recently, on the national level, and in this region as well, the dominant force of late appears to have been a significant 1  BIS Review 40/2000  upshift in the rate of productivity growth.