"Through their influence on the cross-sectional distribution of productivity across firms and workers, job creation and … destruction likely have an impact on the rate at which aggregate productivity changes over time. However, the nature of this … effect is not, a priori, clear. While a broad consensus has emerged suggesting that job destruction enhances productivity by …

.S., such as the productivity slowdown, increased labor force participation by women, and the "new economy" of the 1990s. We …

employment growth. We find that states with greater economic freedom - defined as the protection of private property and private … markets operating with minimal government interference - experienced greater rates of employment growth. In addition, we find … that less restrictive state and national government labor market policies have the greatest impact on employment growth in …

potential reduction in the corporate income tax on employment. We show that a reduction in corporate income tax leads to …