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Should place-based jobs policies be used to help distressed communities?
Bartik, Timothy J. - 2019
Should policymakers seek to increase jobs in particular local labor markets? Yes, but only if these policies are well targeted and designed. Encouraging job growth in distressed places can cause persistent gains in employment-to-population ratios. But our current place-based jobs policies, under...
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Job Accessibility, Employment and Job-Education Mismatch in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Di Paolo, Antonio - 2014
This paper analyses the effect of job accessibility by public and private transport on labour market outcomes in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Beyond employment, we consider the effect of job accessibility on job-education mismatch, which represents a relevant aspect of job quality. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053446
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What should Michigan be doing to promote long-run economic development?
Bartik, Timothy J. - 2009
I thank Claire Black and Wei-Jang Huang for assistance in preparing this paper. I appreciate the comments of George Erickcek on a preliminary version of this paper. This paper was previously presented on November 20, 2009 at the 57th Annual Economic Outlook Conference of the Research Seminar in...
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Land use rights, market transitions, and labor policy change in China (1980-4)
Chen, Yiu Por - 2012
the country's market transition. I show that the 1980s' Household Responsibility System (HRS), which brought family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537265
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Simulating the effects of Michigan's MEGA tax credit program on job creation and fiscal benefits
Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George A. - 2012
This paper simulates job and fiscal impacts of Michigan's MEGA tax credit program for job creation. Under plausible assumptions about how such credits affect business location decisions, the net costs per job created of the MEGA program are simulated to be of modest size. The job creation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009612270
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The regional distribution of income and wages : causes and consequences
Immel, Lea - 2021
Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484032
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Simulating the Effects of Michigan’s Mega Tax Credit Program on Job Creation and Fiscal Benefits
Bartik, Timothy; Erickcek, George A. - 2012
This paper simulates job and fiscal impacts of Michigan’s MEGA tax credit program for job creation. Under plausible assumptions about how such credits affect business location decisions, the net costs per job created of the MEGA program are simulated to be of modest size. The job creation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014166212
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Land Use Rights, Market Transitions, and Labor Policy Change in China (1980-4)
Chen, Yiu Por - 2012
the country's market transition. I show that the 1980s' Household Responsibility System (HRS), which brought family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106945
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Predictors of employment growth and unemployment in US central cities : 1990 - 2010
Wolf-Powers, Laura - 2013
This paper considers employment growth and unemployment from 1990-2010 in a cross-section of cities in light of … unemployment rates in 83 central cities in the United States. Change in educational attainment over time is suggestive of causing … higher job growth and lower unemployment. The implication is that initiatives to attract and retain college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009761392
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An assessment of the social work program in Turkey in terms of labour market experience and professional skill attainment
Arpat, Bulent; Namal, Mete Kaan; Kocanci, Mustafa; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 23 (2021) 57, pp. 548-569
higher education institutions cannot create adequate value in the market and in turn which causes the youth unemployment to … during the transition to the labour market. This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of the Social Work Program in Turkey … become prominent as an active and robust workplace policy in fighting youth unemployment. …
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