increase in the wage gap between high and low-skilled workers. Tests of the competing theories with plant level data show that …

-level (establishment) data from the Longitudinal Research Database (LRD). The resulting matched firms and their plants provide a link …This paper documents the procedure used to match firm-level data from the Quarterly Financial Reports (QFR) to plant …

computers, is a significant source of U.S. productivity growth. The specific mechanism remains elusive. Detailed data on the use … of computers and computer networks have been scarce. Plant-level data on the use of computer networks and electronic … business processes in the manufacturing sector of the United States were collected for the first time in 1999. Using these data …

of outcome data is the U.S. Bureau of Census' Longitudinal Research Database (LRD), which tracks manufacturing … employment, establishment, shipment, payroll, and capital spending outcomes. Consistent with previous research findings, the … establishment-level data, the paper finds that zones have a positive impact on the outcomes of new establishments and a negative …

,000 plants if only the most reliable data are considered. The second is restricted to the plants of multi-unit firms in the same …

Exporting is often touted as a way to increase economic growth. This paper examines whether exporting has played any …

This paper discusses the development and use of the Longitudinal Research Data available at the Center for Economic … confidentiality requirements of the Census data, most of their research is performed by Center staff and Special Sworn Employees … confidentiality of the data while at the same time provide a research tool for outside users. The Center research program contributes …

In this paper, using panel data, I estimate plant level production functions that include variables that allow for two …, Romer [MAR] economies. Second are externalities from the scale or diversity of local economic activity outside the own … evidence of urbanization economies from the diversity of local economic activity outside the own industry and limited evidence …

This paper presents a new equilibrium framework for analyzing economic and policy questions related to the sorting of …. We estimate the model using restricted access Census data that characterize the precise residential and employment … wide variety of housing and neighborhood attributes across different types of household. The main economic analysis of the …