TY - JOUR
T1 - THE EFFECTS OF TAXES, EXPENDITURES, AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT
AU - Dalenberg, Douglas R.
AU - Partridge, Mark D.
PY - 1995/11
Y1 - 1995/11
N2 - ABSTRACT. Data for 28 metropolitan areas over a 15‐year period are used to determine the impacts of government spending, taxes, and public infrastructure on total employment and disaggregated employment. After carefully controlling for the government budget constraint we find that taxes are negatively related to total employment and education spending is positively related to total employment. Nevertheless, we find that it is difficult for metropolitan areas to influence the composition of their employment with government tax and expenditure policies. Moreover, at current levels of public infrastructure, marginal changes in infrastructure have no strong effect on employment.
AB - ABSTRACT. Data for 28 metropolitan areas over a 15‐year period are used to determine the impacts of government spending, taxes, and public infrastructure on total employment and disaggregated employment. After carefully controlling for the government budget constraint we find that taxes are negatively related to total employment and education spending is positively related to total employment. Nevertheless, we find that it is difficult for metropolitan areas to influence the composition of their employment with government tax and expenditure policies. Moreover, at current levels of public infrastructure, marginal changes in infrastructure have no strong effect on employment.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1995.tb01296.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1995.tb01296.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029518822
SN - 0022-4146
VL - 35
SP - 617
EP - 640
JO - Journal of Regional Science
JF - Journal of Regional Science
IS - 4
ER -
