effect of employment density on workers' wages increases in the level of regional aggregation, explained by larger …

) econometric approach that identifies the effects of shocks resulting from hurricanes. Based on the Quarterly Census of Employment … and Wages (QCEW) data on earnings and employment, the earnings of an average worker in Florida will increase as much as … counties; however, this is coupled with a slower growth rate in employment. Powerful hurricanes have greater effects than their …

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 …

economies. The relationship between demographic ageing and employment outcomes is even more worrying once the relationship is …

We analyze the optimal regional pattern of public employment in an information-constrained second-best redistribution … policy showing that regionally differentiated public employment can serve as an expenditure side tagging device, bypassing or … relaxing the equity-efficiency trade-off. The optimal pattern exhibits higher levels of public employment in low productivity …

data between 1980 and 2010. We report evidence of significant spatial variations in education employment shares and in the … of labour market polarization, as they have resulted in faster employment growth in high skill occupations, but also in a …