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Statistics of Income County-to-County Migration Data: An Overview
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-03-01)
The aim of this document is to present some basic information and general trends in the data used to create the PERC county-to-county migration overview map. As such, the analysis is limited only to variables used on the ...
Inter-Jurisdiction Migration and the Fiscal Policies of Local Governments
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-06-28)
The relationship between migration and the economy is of great interest to researchers, especially where migration and local government fiscal policy intersect. In order to attract immigrants or retain current residents, ...
Coronavirus Economics: The Impact of Shutting Down Meatpacking Plants
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-06-25)
Motivated by the observed beef and livestock market impacts of coronavirus-caused meatpacking plant shutdowns, this paper constructs a theoretical model to study the effects of closures among downstream producers on both ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, February 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-02-24)
The Business-Cycle Index decreased by 0.2% in the month of December 2019. The unemployment rate remained at the same level as the previous month, 2.7% in December 2019. Nonfarm employment decreased 0.2% in the month of ...
Illegal Immigration, State Law, and Deterrence
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-09-01)
Can state and federal policies deter undocumented workers from entering the U.S.? In Working Paper 1604, PERC's Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra, and Sandra Orozco-Aleman, address this timely and critical immigration policy ...
Disbursing Emergency Relief through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-05-06)
Government transfer programs to distribute food, water, or electricity at low or no cost have been widespread during the COVID-19 global health crisis. How does program design affect the efficiency and distributional ...
Business Cycle Implications of Firm Market Power in Labor and Product Markets
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-05-06)
In this paper, Sarah Zubairy Sami Alpanda analyze the business cycle implications of firms having oligopsony power in labor markets, as well as oligopoly power in product markets, within the context of a New Keynesian ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, June 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-06-24)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by a scant 0.06% between March and April 2019, which translates to an annualized increase of 0.8%. Nonfarm employment increased by 0.2% from March to April and is now 2% higher over the ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, March 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-03-25)
The Business Cycle Index decreased at an annualized rate of -1% between December 2018 and January 2019. Nonfarm employment in College Station-Bryan increased 0.9% from December 2018 to January 2019 and is up 3.5% from the ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, December 2021
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-12-16)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.3% from September to October 2021. The revised local unemployment rate decreased from 4.1 to 4.0% in October. Local nonfarm employment increased slightly by 0.1% in October and was ...