-specific accounts sometimes offered (wage liberalization, border opening, increased quality of education). But we find some support for … institutional and organizational explanations, particularly the high productivity of education in restructuring and entrepreneurial …

This paper examines how a metropolitan area's job growth affects its income distribution. The research uses annual … metropolitan job growth increases real family income in the lowest income quintile by a significantly greater percentage than for … the average family. Metropolitan job growth also increases the value of property owned by upper income quintiles, but …

, there has been little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques … through 2001. We find strong evidence that access to external finance (loans) increases the growth of both employment and … sales. Taxes appear to constrain growth. There is some evidence that entrepreneurial skills increase growth, but only weak …

defined by gender, education, and age within the United States. In addition, the relation between employment growth … sharply. Moreover, although job growth was high, many argued that the quality of American jobs as measured by wages, benefits …, and job security deteriorated. The decline of jobs in the high-paying manufacturing sector and the growth of jobs in the …

Bartik provides evidence showing that investment in quality preschool education provides economic payoffs, particularly …

This volume introduces a number of issues critical to the topic the economics of education including school financing …