observations on most businesses located in California. The evidence indicates that enterprise zones do not increase employment. We … state enterprise zones, focusing on California's program. Because zone boundaries do not follow census tracts or zip codes … also find no shift of employment toward the lower-wage workers targeted by enterprise zone incentives. We conclude that the …

observations on most businesses located in California. The evidence indicates that enterprise zones do not increase employment. We … state enterprise zones, focusing on California's program. Because zone boundaries do not follow census tracts or zip codes … also find no shift of employment toward the lower-wage workers targeted by enterprise zone incentives. We conclude that the …

linked to employment growth and why unaffordable housing could negatively affect employment growth. The paper then … investigates this effect empirically using data on California municipalities. For various reasons, a simple correlation between … unaffordable housing and employment growth cannot be interpreted as causal. Several empirical strategies are employed to identify …