Do High Technology Policies Work? An Analysis of High Technology Industry Employment Growth in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1988-1998

Using a conditional change score design to examine the
effects of seven major high technology policies on the change in high technology industry employment in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) between 1988 and 1998, the authors find that two programs--technology grant and loan programs, and technology research parks--have direct effects net of controls for location and agglomeration factors.