Targeted Business Incentives and Local Labor Markets

Autor/in	Freedman, Matthew
Titel	Targeted Business Incentives and Local Labor Markets
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 48 (2013) 2, S.311-344 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Labor Market; Personnel Selection; Incentives; Poverty; Census Figures; Employment Opportunities; Correlation; Real Estate; Geographic Location; Business; Program Descriptions; Research and Development; Neighborhoods; Statistical Analysis; Housing; Family Income; Human Resources; Quasiexperimental Design; Regression (Statistics); Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Anreiz; Armut; Volkszählung; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Korrelation; Grundstück; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Forschung und Entwicklung; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Statistische Analyse; Unterkunft; Familieneinkommen; Humankapital; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to examine the effects of geographically targeted business incentives on local labor markets. Unlike elsewhere in the United States, enterprise zone (EZ) designations in Texas are determined in part by a cutoff rule based on census block group poverty rates. Exploiting this discontinuity as a source of quasi-experimental variation in investment and hiring incentives across areas, I find that EZ designation has a positive effect on resident employment, increasing opportunities mainly in lower-paying industries. While business sitings spurred by the program are more geographically diffuse, EZ designation is associated with increases in home values. (Contains 8 tables, 37 footnotes, and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10