When materials offshoring is measured by estimating imported intermediate inputs, a common assumption used is that an … the 3-digit I-O industry level, there is a correlation of 0.68 between the offshoring shares made with and without the …

spurious evidence that higher minimum wages reduce employment. Using minimum wage variation within contiguous county pairs … sharing a state border, they find no relationship between minimum wages and employment in the U.S. restaurant industry. Using …

multi-product firms, offshoring, intra-firm trade and firm export market dynamics …

observations on most businesses located in California. The evidence indicates that enterprise zones do not increase employment. We … also find no shift of employment toward the lower-wage workers targeted by enterprise zone incentives. We conclude that the …

We review the burgeoning literature on the employment effects of minimum wages - in the United States and other … wide range of existing estimates and, accordingly, a lack of consensus about the overall effects on low-wage employment of … view that the minimum wage reduces the employment of low-wage workers is clearly incorrect. A sizable majority of the …

We estimate the effects of Wal-Mart stores on county-level retail employment and earnings, accounting for endogeneity … employment results indicate that a Wal-Mart store opening reduces county-level retail employment by about 150 workers, implying … retail employment. The payroll results indicate that Wal-Mart store openings lead to declines in county-level retail earnings …

We analyze and assess new evidence on employment dynamics from a new data source -- the National Establishment Time … Series (NETS). The NETS offers advantages over existing data sources for studying employment dynamics, including tracking … California, a full decomposition of employment change into its six constituent processes, including job creation and destruction …

-cancer control group in employment, hours worked, wages, and earnings. Overall, breast cancer has a negative impact on the decision …'s employment, breast cancer may not be debilitating for those who remain in the work force. We explore numerous possible biases …

relative to non-exporters. Employment, shipments and capital intensity are all higher at exporters at any given moment. This … exporters. The benefits of exporting for the firm are less clear. Employment" growth and the probability of survival are both …