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Autor and Duggan 2003<br />

Construction of state-level employment shocks over a five year<br />

window:<br />

Calculate industry shares in a given state in base year<br />

Calculate employment changes over five year period by industry using<br />

data on national employment (excluding state in question)<br />

Project changes in each state’s employment using national changes<br />

Ex: if car industry declines over a five year period, assign a negative<br />

employment shock to Michigan<br />

Then correlate state employment shocks with DI applications<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 159 / 207

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