This article examines whether the enterprise zone programs of California and Florida affected the employment probabilities of zone residents. To do this, the author develops a methodology for estimating the effects of programs in which selection for treatment occurs at the neighborhood level,...

The contribution of state renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS) to green business and job growth is controversial. This research estimated the contribution of RPS to state green industrial growth empirically by stipulating and econometrically controlling for a range of state economic growth...

Many have theorized that the productivity of human capital increases with city size. If this were true, one would expect production in large cities to be more skill intensive than in small cities, even within industry. This paper uses data on the occupational mix at establishments to test...