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Pro-market institutions and labor market outcomes: A panel-data analysis of U.S. metropolitan areas

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We expand previous U.S. state-level research on the relationship between pro-market institutions and labor market outcomes by examining this relationship at the U.S. metropolitan-area level. Using panel data for 1992-2012 in a fixed-effects model, we investigate the effect of pro-market institutions on the unemployment rate, labor force participation rate, employment-population ratio, and employment growth across 366 U.S. metropolitan areas. The results indicate that pro-market institutions are associated with a lower unemployment rate, higher employment-population ratio, and faster employment growth. These results suggest that local-area policies are important for achieving favorable labor market conditions at the local level.

economic freedomemployment growthlabor force participationlabor market outcomesunemployment

Imran Arif、John W. Dawson

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Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA

2023

Contemporary economic policy

Contemporary economic policy

SSCI
ISSN:1074-3529
年,卷(期):2023.41(4)
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