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Freedman, Matthew – Journal of Human Resources, 2013
This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to examine the effects of geographically targeted business incentives on local labor markets. Unlike elsewhere in the United States, enterprise zone (EZ) designations in Texas are determined in part by a cutoff rule based on census block group poverty rates. Exploiting this discontinuity as a…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Personnel Selection, Incentives, Poverty
Capps, Randy – 2001
This report assesses hardship among children of immigrants nationwide and in states with large immigrant populations (California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Washington). Data from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families show that hardship is greater for children of immigrants than for the children of…
Descriptors: Children, Family Income, Health Insurance, Housing