ERIC Number: EJ1015477
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 34
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-166X
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Targeted Business Incentives and Local Labor Markets
Freedman, Matthew
Journal of Human Resources, v48 n2 p311-344 Spr 2013
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.)
Descriptors: Labor Market, Personnel Selection, Incentives, Poverty, Census Figures, Employment Opportunities, Correlation, Real Estate, Geographic Location, Business, Program Descriptions, Research and Development, Neighborhoods, Employment, Statistical Analysis, Housing, Family Income, Human Resources, Quasiexperimental Design, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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