This paper quantifies the impact of public employment on local labor markets in the long-run. We adopt two quantitative … the local labor market effects of expanding public sector employment. In the second empirical approach, we use regression … employment and population of Spanish cities. This analysis exploits the dramatic expansion of public employment that followed the …

This paper quantifies the impact of public employment on local labor markets in the long-run. We adopt two quantitative … the local labor market effects of expanding public sector employment. In the second empirical approach, we use regression … analysis to estimate the effects of public sector job expansions on decadal changes (1980-1990 and 1990-2001) in the employment …

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-effciency trade-off. The optimal pattern exhibits higher levels of public employment in low productivity …

created or retained by TIF. The paper examines the impact of these reported jobs on county employment, as measured by the … impact county employment …

created or retained by TIF. The paper examines the impact of these reported jobs on county employment, as measured by the … impact county employment …