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Title: The role of airports in city employment growth, 1950–2010

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2020

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ISSN: 00941190

DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2020.103240

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Abstract: This study considers the effects of commercial airports on local economies over the post-World War II period (specifically, 1950–2010). To overcome endogeneity concerns, a pooled synthetic control event study strategy is employed on newly digitized historical aviation data to estimate treatment effects on a variety of employment, population, and wage outcomes. I find that airports have led to, on average, 3.9 percent growth in total employment (and 3.4% growth in population) per decade. Over the 30-year period for which wage and air traffic data are available, earnings per worker increased by 2%, and per-capita personal income increased by 3%, corresponding to growth rates of up to 1.2 percent per decade, respectively.

Url: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0094119020300115

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Authors: McGraw, Marquise J.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Urban Economics

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Volume: 116

Pages: 103240

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography

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