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Large-Scale Public Hiring, Wages, and Community Outcomes: Evidence from the Works Progress Administration
October 22, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 22 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis:

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Large-Scale Public Hiring, Wages, and Community Outcomes: Evidence from the Works Progress Administration

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Abstract

Using variation in the wage schedule of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), I document the effects of higher wages in this historical public hiring program. Higher WPA wages led to greater WPA employ . . .

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