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Do enterprise zones create jobs? Evidence from California’s enterprise zone program

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Neumark, David, Kolko, Jed·2010·Journal of Urban Economics
DOI 10.1016/j.jue.2010.01.002
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We use new establishment-level data and geographic mapping methods to improve upon evaluations of the effectiveness of state enterprise zones, focusing on California’s program. Because zone boundaries do not follow census tracts or zip codes, we created digitized maps of original zone boundaries and later expansions. We combine these maps with geocoded observations on most businesses located in California. The evidence indicates that enterprise zones do not increase employment. We also find no shift of employment toward the lower-wage workers targeted by enterprise zone incentives. We conclude that the program is ineffective in achieving its primary goals.

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Authors
Neumark, D., & Kolko, J.
Venue
Journal of Urban Economics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-07
Volume
68
Issue
1
Pages
1-19
ISSN
0094-1190 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jue.2010.01.002
OpenAlex
W2892050602
Cited by
405
References
0
FWCI
34.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
gold
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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