We study the effects of minimum wages and the EITC in the post-welfare reform era. For the minimum wage, the evidence points to disemployment effects that are concentrated among young minority men. For young women, there is little evidence that minimum wages reduce employment, with the exception...

Improving school-to-work transitions -- Transitions to work for racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups -- Participation in career and technical education and school-to-work in American high schools -- Do school-to-work programs help the "forgotten half"? -- Learning by doing career academies --...

We test the hypothesis that local government officials in jurisdictions that have higher local sales taxes are more likely to use fiscal zoning to attract retailing. We find that total retail employment is not significantly affected by local sales tax rates, but employment in big box and anchor...