Gigi M. Alexander

Factors underlying the degree of homelessness in the U.S. These include labor market freedom and the overall cost of living.

In this exploratory state‐level empirical study for the United States, the authors estimate a pooled time‐series/cross‐section framework, with control variables for population size and population growth, for the years 2015–2016. Within this context, the least squares estimates lead to the following tentative findings: (1) homelessness is positively...

This exploratory empirical study investigates the hypothesis that greater labor market freedom should elevate the female labor force participation rate of women age 65 years and older. Strong and consistent empirical support for this hypothesis is provided in this study. For example, a one unit increase in the labor market freedom index appears to...

Using data on U.S. states, this empirical chapter looks at the impact of labor market freedom on the male labor force participation rate. Using data from the Economic Freedom of North America index in 2010, we find preliminary empirical support for the hypothesis that greater labor market freedom elevates the male labor force participation rate. A...

A number of recent studies have examined the determinants of geographic living-cost differentials. This paper adds to this literature by investigating determinants of living-cost differentials among the 67 counties in th state of Florida for the year 1988.

In this unique study of the adult female population in the state of Florida, we found that the percentage of the women 18 to 44 years of age within each county in the state of Florida in 2007 who had received a Pap smear during the past year was a decreasing function of the percentage of women 18 years of age and older who were current smokers, whi...

The present study investigates the impact on net state in-migration over the 2000-2004 period of a variety of economic and non-economic factors. The empirical estimates indicate that the net state in-migration rate was an increasing function of median family income and the previous-period employment growth rate on the one hand and a decreasing func...

This study empirically investigates determinants of geographic living-cost differentials. The focus is on the 67 counties in the state of Florida. The study year was 1988. A variety of key determinants of county-level living-cost differentials were identified.

"The purpose of this [one-page] note is to empirically investigate the impact of geographic after-tax real income differentials on geographic population growth rate differentials. The focus is on population growth rates in Florida's 67 counties over the period 1980-88." The authors conclude that "even after allowing for a variety of other location-...