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Do some enterprise zones create jobs?
Author(s) -
Kolko Jed,
Neumark David
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/pam.20477
Subject(s) - outreach , business , public enterprise , survey data collection , marketing , economic growth , economics , public administration , statistics , mathematics , political science
We study how the employment effects of enterprise zones vary with their location, implementation, and administration, based on evidence from California. We use new establishment‐level data and geographic mapping methods, coupled with a survey of enterprise zone administrators. Overall, the evidence indicates that enterprise zones do not increase employment. However, the evidence also suggests that the enterprise zone program has a more favorable effect on employment in zones that have a lower share of manufacturing and in zones where managers report doing more marketing and outreach activities. On the other hand, devoting more effort to helping firms get hiring tax credits reduces or eliminates any positive employment effects, which may be attributable to idiosyncrasies of California's enterprise zone program during the period we study. © 2010 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.