ABSTRACT I study whether human capital investments are based on local rather than
national demand, using two positive and two negative shocks with differential local effects …

In the canonical DMP model of job openings, all job openings stem from new job creation.
Jobs denote worker-firm matches, which are destroyed following worker quits. Yet …

I estimate the impacts of recently-popular US state film incentives on filming location, film
industry employment, wages, and establishments, and spillover impacts on related …

How cyclical is the US labor force participation rate (LFPR)? We examine its response to
exogenous state-level business cycle shocks, finding that the LFPR is highly cyclical, but …

State film incentives (SFIs) are a recent and popular economic development incentive. I
study these through case studies of two prominent SFIs—those in Louisiana and New …

I examine the economic consequences of prisons on local communities using two
complementary approaches. The first uses prison openings during the 1990s across the US …

We use a novel identification strategy to investigate whether regional universities make their
local economies more resilient. Our strategy is based on state governments using similar …

With a duopsony model, we study how earnings inequality, firm size distribution, and labor
market slack vary across local labor markets and the business cycle. In booms, due to high …

Local governments are often willing to offer companies generous tax incentives to attract
businesses to their region. In the United States, many states have tried to attract film …

In the canonical DMP model of job openings, all job openings stem from new job creation.
Jobs denote worker-firm matches, which are destroyed following worker quits. Yet …