Government programs can improve local labor markets: Evidence from State Enterprise Zones, Federal Empowerment Zones and Federal Enterprise Community

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 779-797

  Ham, John C ^a   Swenson, Charles ^b   imrohorǧlu, Ayşe ^b   Song, Heonjae ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Public Finance   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged labor markets; Empowerment zones; Enterprise communities; Enterprise zones; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954998160     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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