Riefler, Roger F. - In: Economic Development Quarterly 21 (2007) 1, pp. 34-48
This article focuses on the role of real and money wages in a state’s growth (macro) and location (micro) prospects. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey for 2000 were used first to indirectly estimate state cost-of-living (COL) indices....