A STRUCTURAL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF METROPOLITAN LABOR DEMAND*
利用大型数据集研究大都市劳动力需求函数，估计了要素价格、商品价格、运输成本、税收支出等因素对劳动力需求弹性的影响，并检验了勒夏特列原理在区域变化中的适用性。
ABSTRACT. This paper uses a large data base to study metropolitan labor demand functions. The data are disaggregated by two‐digit SICs in manufacturing for SMS As, and are corrected for changing SMSA boundaries. Labor demand elasticities are estimated for factor and commodity prices, transportation costs, state and local taxes and expenditures, and production‐function shifters. Estimates from different years allow one to test Le Chatelier's principle in the context of interregional change.