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Including Jobs in Benefit-Cost Analysis

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  • Timothy J. Bartik

    (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007)

Abstract

Public policies may affect employment by directly creating jobs or facilitating job creation. In labor markets with high unemployment, such employment changes may have significant net efficiency benefits, which should be included in benefit-cost analyses. The research literature offers diverse recommendations on measuring employment benefits. Many of the recommendations rely on arbitrary assumptions. The resulting employment benefit estimates vary widely. This article reviews this literature and offers recommendations on how to better measure employment benefits using estimable parameters. Guidance is provided on measuring policy-induced labor demand, estimating the demand shock's impact on labor market outcomes, and translating labor market impacts into efficiency benefits. Two measures are proposed for efficiency benefits, one relying on adjusted reservation wage gains and the other relying on adjusted earnings gains.

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  • Timothy J. Bartik, 2012. "Including Jobs in Benefit-Cost Analysis," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 4(1), pages 55-73, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:reseco:v:4:y:2012:p:55-73
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    Keywords

    reservation wages; unemployment; occupational upgrading;
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    JEL classification:

    • H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy

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