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

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Neumark, David ^a,b   Kolko, Jed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Enterprise zones; Hiring credit

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952674393     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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