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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: location of start-ups relative to incumbents
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264509
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: location of start-ups relative to incumbents
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2009
New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266689
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Does school integration generate peer effects? : Evidence from Boston's Metco program
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lang, Kevin - 2004
-running desegregation program that sends mostly Black students out of the Boston public school district to attend schools in more affluent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261665
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Border wars: Tax revenues, annexation, and urban growth in Phoenix
Heim, Carol E. - 2006
Phoenix and neighboring municipalities, like many in the South and West, pursued a growth strategy based on annexation in the decades after World War II. This paper explores the link between annexation and competition for tax revenues. After discussing arguments for annexation, it traces the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287804
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Report on the potential impacts of property tax abatement on rental housing construction in Boston
Alejandro, Patricia; Carter, Mary Ellen; DiPasquale, Denise - 2024
Boston's high housing costs reflect a historic failure to build enough units to satisfy demand. Interest rates and … construction, the City of Boston is considering various policy options. Our committee was asked by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to … recommend which policy, if any, the city should pursue; Boston officials are better positioned to assess whether the benefits of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480370
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How Important are Classroom Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lang, Kevin - 2002
Metco, a long-running desegregation program that sends mostly black students out of the Boston public school district to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763248
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Interpreting Europe and US Labor Markets Differences: The Specificity of Human Capital Investments
Wasmer, Etienne - 2002
This paper suggests that in the US context, workers tend to invest in general human capital especially since they face little employment protection and low unemployment benefits, while the European model (generous benefits and higher duration of jobs) favors specific human capital investments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262696
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Labor Market Incorporation of Immigrants in Japan and the United States: A Comparative Analysis
Cornelius, Wayne A.; Tsuda, Takeyuki - 2002
The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their earnings largely as a function of human capital variables such as education, language competence, age, length of residence and employment experience in the receiving country. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262776
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Is the New Immigration Really So Bad?
Card, David Edward - 2004
This paper reviews the recent evidence on U.S. immigration, focusing on two key questions: (1) Does immigration reduce the labor market opportunities of less-skilled natives? (2) Have immigrants who arrived after the 1965 Immigration Reform Act successfully assimilated? Looking across major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271931
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Nonparametric Bounds on the Returns to Language Skills
González, Libertad - 2004
This paper applies the theoretical literature on nonparametric bounds on treatment effects to the estimation of how limited English proficiency (LEP) affects wages and employment opportunities for Hispanic workers in the United States. I analyze the identifying power of several weak assumptions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273994