The Local Economic Impact of Wal-Mart
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The Local Economic Impact of Wal-Mart By Michael J. Hicks

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Table 9.2 Estimates of Wal-Mart Employees and Medicaid Expenditures

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Table 9.3 Wal-Mart’s Impact on Medicaid Enrollment in Maryland

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Table 10.1 Descriptive Statistics of Arkansas (Gini and Wal-Mart)

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Table 10.2 Wal-Mart’s Impact on the Gini Coefficient

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Table 10.3 Wal-Mart and Nonprofits in Michigan

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Table 10.4 Wal-Mart’s Impact on Iowa’s Mom-and-Pop Retailers

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Table 11.1 Wal-Mart’s Effect on Labor Force Participation Rate

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Table 11.2 Wal-Mart’s Impact on Unionization Rates (1970–1995)

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Table 12.1 The Impact of Ghostboxes on County-Level Retail Establishments in Ohio

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Table 12.2 Wal-Mart Closings

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Table 12.3 Wal-Mart Consolidations

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Table 12.4 Wal-Mart’s Impact on Ohio’s Farmland

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