THE EFFECTS OF TAXES, EXPENDITURES, AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT*
利用28个大都市区15年的数据，研究政府税收、支出和公共基础设施对总就业及分行业就业的影响，发现税收抑制就业而教育支出促进就业，但基础设施的边际变化影响不显著。
ABSTRACT. Data for 28 metropolitan areas over a 15‐year period are used to determine the impacts of government spending, taxes, and public infrastructure on total employment and disaggregated employment. After carefully controlling for the government budget constraint we find that taxes are negatively related to total employment and education spending is positively related to total employment. Nevertheless, we find that it is difficult for metropolitan areas to influence the composition of their employment with government tax and expenditure policies. Moreover, at current levels of public infrastructure, marginal changes in infrastructure have no strong effect on employment.