Abstract
Jobs and business growth have always been the immediate objects of state economic development, but our understanding of their dynamics and the policy initiatives appropriate to spur them has changed markedly. It is possible to discuss these relatively distinct waves in that development policy—the first in the mid-1930s, the next some 30 to 40 years later.
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Friedman, R.E. (1990). Job Creation, Business Growth, and State Policy: Glimpses of the Third Wave. In: Kasarda, J.D. (eds) Jobs, Earnings, and Employment Growth Policies in the United States. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2201-3_6
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