According to Tim Bartik of the Upjohn Institute, a revival of the New Jobs Tax Credit would be a more cost-effective and politically feasible method of stimulating job creation, compared to the broader employer tax credits advocated by Edlin and Phelps.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration issued Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 09-08 Change 1 on June 5, 2009. This guidance letter revises the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) performance measures for federal workforce development...

This article simulates job and fiscal impacts of the Michigan Economic Growth Authority’s tax credit program for job creation, commonly called “MEGA.†Under plausible assumptions about how such credits affect business location decisions, the net costs per job created of the MEGA...