Measuring the Impact of Meat Packing and Processing Facilities in Nonmetropolitan Counties: A Difference‐in‐Differences Approach
研究1990-2000年美国中西部和南部非都市县肉类加工业扩张对就业、工资、犯罪率和政府支出的影响，发现该行业促进总就业但抑制其他部门就业和本地工资增长。
Considerable controversy exists regarding the costs and benefits of growth in the meat packing and processing industry for rural counties. This study investigates the effects of this industry on social and economic outcomes in nonmetropolitan counties of 23 Midwestern and Southern states from 1990 to 2000. Results suggest that as the meat packing industry's share of a county's total employment and wage bill rises, total employment growth increases. However, employment growth in other sectors slows, as does local wage growth. Industry growth has little impact on local crime rates or on growth of government spending on education, health, or police protection.