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Thinking about Local Living Wage Requirements

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

This paper reviews what we currently know about the benefits and costs of different varieties of a "living wage": a local government requirement, now adopted by over 50 local governments, for wages above the federal minimum imposed on employers with some financial link to the local government....

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Evaluating Job Training in Two Chinese Cities

Bidani, Benu; Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Goh, Chor-ching; … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005

. However, little evidence has been presented on the effectiveness of such programs in China. Recent economic reforms …, associated massive lay-offs, and accompanying public retraining programs make China fertile ground for rigorous impact … group design. To our knowledge, this is the first evaluation of its kind in China. The evidence suggests that retraining …

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How Effects of Local Labor Demand Shocks Vary with Local Labor Market Conditions

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014

This paper estimates how effects of shocks to local labor demand on local labor market outcomes vary with initial local … economic conditions. The data are on U.S. metro areas from 1979 to 2011. The paper finds that demand shocks to local job growth … economy is booming. Demand shocks have greater effects on local wage rates if the local unemployment rate is initially low …

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Predictors of Employment Growth and Unemployment in U.S. Central Cities, 1990-2010

Wolf-Powers, Laura - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013

This paper considers employment growth and unemployment from 1990-2010 in a cross-section of cities in light of practical tools that city governments have at their disposal to provide relief. In particular, I test educational attainment (both initial levels and growth over time) and public...

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The Revitalization of Older Industrial Cities: A Review Essay of Retooling for Growth

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2008

. Increasing city residents’ earnings requires progress on two fronts: increasing metropolitan labor demand; increasing the …. Effective policies to increase metropolitan labor demand include: reforms to business incentive policies to place more emphasis …

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The Employment and Fiscal Effects of Michigan's MEGA Tax Credit Program

Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2010

This paper estimates that Michigan's MEGA tax credit program to attract and retain businesses has large employment and fiscal benefits. MEGA provides discretionary tax credits to businesses, with the tax credit tied to the personal income taxes paid by employees on the new or retained jobs. We...

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How Policymakers Should Deal with the Delayed Benefits of Early Childhood Programs

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

/or quality of local labor demand. This chapter considers a problem with early childhood programs: their effects on earnings are …

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Distributional Effects of Early Childhood Programs and Business Incentives and Their Implications for Policy

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

/or quality of local labor demand. This chapter considers the effects of early childhood programs and business incentives on the …

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Local Economic Development Policies

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2003

This chapter seeks to provide useful advice for local government policy towards economic development programs. The chapter: reviews the size and scope of local economic development programs in the United States; critically analyzes the various rationales offered for these programs; makes...

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Higher Education, the Health Care Industry, and Metropolitan Regional Economic Development: What Can “Eds & Meds” Do for the Economic Fortunes of a Metro Area’s Residents?

Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2007

service industries that occur through the mechanism of providing some export-base demand stimulus to a metropolitan economy …

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