We estimate the extent to which firms responded to tariff reductions associated with China’s WTO entry by altering labor’s share of value. Firm-level regressions indicate that firms in industries subject to tariff cuts raised labor’s share relative to economy-wide trends, both through...

One of the most contentious debates today is whether pollution-intensive industries seek locations with weak environmental standards, turning these locations into 'pollution havens." Empirical studies to date show little evidence to support the pollution haven hypothesis, but suffer potentially...

This study offers logit estimates of the probability of transition from the community to a nursing home based upon data from the National Long-Term-Care Demonstration. It is found that nurses deter entry by those using a wheelchair while home-health aides deter entry for those with cognitive...