In the early 2000s, manufacturing-intensive communities in the United States entered a period of economic upheaval that would reshape their…
How does improving access to the supply of energy affect regional specialization in manufacturing? We evaluate the long-run employment…
We examine changes in the spatial distribution of good jobs across US commuting zones over 1980-2000 and 2000-2021. We define good jobs as…
Place-based policy in the United States comprises a wide range of government programs that are spread across federal, state, and local…
Nearly 400,000 Black men were drafted into the National Army during World War I, where they toiled in segregated units and received little…
Previous research finds that the greater geographic mobility of foreign-born workers compared to native-born workers facilitates labor…
We analyze the distinct adjustment paths of U.S. labor markets (places) and U.S. workers (people) to increased Chinese import competition…
Under federal policies of self-determination through self-government, the 574 federally recognized American Indian nations in the United…
This paper integrates daytime and nighttime satellite imagery into a spatial general-equilibrium model to evaluate the returns to…
We study the economic and political consequences of the 2018-2019 trade war between the United States, China and other US trade partners at…