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 …

increases on regional employment. Using comprehensive survey data, we are able to measure the regional bite of the minimum wage … results show a small negative effect on total dependent employment of 0.5%, driven by a significant reduction in marginal … employment of 2.4%. The extended specifications suggest additional effects of the minimum wage increases, as well as stronger …

A major aspect of employment growth is discussed in relation to economic growth. This paper deals with the question as … to whether the relationship between economic and employment growth, subsumed under the idiom Verdoorn's Law, holds true … markets. The employees are differentiated into sectoral affiliation, education, national status and part-time employment. The …

This study investigates the effects of local broadband internet availability on establishment-level employment growth … variation in local broadband availability. The results suggest that broadband expansion had a positive effect on employment … broadband in the production process that leads to complementary hiring, respectively a slowdown of employment growth, in the …