Working Paper
Commuting, Labor, and Housing Market Effects of Mass Transportation: Welfare and Identification
WP 18-14/R – I study Los Angeles Metro Rail’s effects using panel data on bilateral commuting flows, a quantitative spatial model, and historically motivated quasi-experimental research designs.
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Working Paper
Do Non-Compete Covenants Influence State Startup Activity? Evidence from the Michigan Experiment
WP 21-26 – This paper examines how the enforceability of employee non-compete agreements affects the entry of new establishments and jobs created by these new firms.
Article
How Is Innovation Impacted by Social Distancing?
Research in Focus – The Philly Fed's Jeffrey Lin and Chris Severen join three other economists in studying how social restrictions during the 1918 pandemic affected innovation.
Article
The Impact of Individual Travel Behavior and Government Restrictions on Controlling the Spread of COVID-19
Research in Focus — Philadelphia Fed economists Jeff Brinkman and Kyle Mangum use county-level mobility data to investigate how government restrictions and personal choice to avoid travel affected the spread of COVID-19.
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Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
Monthly survey of manufacturers in the Third District
Updated: 16 Sep ’21
State Leading Indexes
Six-month forecast of the coincident index for each of the 50 states
Updated: April 29, 2020
COVID-19 Business Outlook Survey
Special survey (now monthly, previously weekly) of firms in the Third District
Updated: 23 Dec ’20
State Coincident Indexes
Monthly index of general economic conditions for each of the 50 states
Updated: 28 Sep ’21
Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey
Monthly survey of nonmanufacturing businesses in the Third District
Updated: 21 Sep ’21
Third District Beige Book
Qualitative assessment of economic conditions in the Third District released prior to each FOMC meeting
Updated: 08 Sep ’21