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Amazon Facilities' Impact on Local Economies


Taheya Tarannum, University of Virginia Amazon Warehouses

I examine the effects of Amazon warehouses (known as fulfillment centers) on local labor ... local economy, and have limited scope for generating spillover ...

What Does Amazon's HQ2 Mean for the Washington Region's ...

The direct job growth and spending by HQ2 would also result in additional economic impacts to the County, Washington region and Commonwealth of ...

The impact of multinational corporations on local... - Sutori

Corporations can have a varied affect on local economies, an example of which that will be mainly focused on here is Amazon and its impact in different…

The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy on JSTOR

To maximize profits, minimize labor costs, and capture ever-growing market share, Amazon has become a key driver of automation within warehouses— quickly ...

Cost of Amazon | IndieBound.org

Buying from Amazon circulates just 5.8 percent of revenue into a local economy, but buying from a local, independently owned bookstore creates 4X more local ...

Local officials look to 'Amazon effect' to boost region's economy

Specific types of industries typically spring up around an Amazon fulfillment center, such as packaging and cardboard recycling. Amazon's ...

'Warehouses in their backyards': when Amazon expands, these ...

In the absence of good local air quality data, traffic statistics can provide a sense of what it's like to live near a warehouse. More than two- ...

Amazon Selects Tallahassee-Leon County for a New Robotics ...

... local economic impact for Tallahassee-Leon County. “As they do ... "Amazon's Fulfillment Center is a game-changer for our local economy ...

Press Release: Report Presents New Data on Amazon's Impact on ...

Even as it squeezes out small businesses, Amazon is reducing the number of jobs in the economy and driving down wages. Work in Amazon warehouses ...

Challenging Amazon's Harmful Model of Economic Development

Their massive delivery network relies on oil and gas that has exacerbated health impacts of the climate crisis. They leverage their power to make tax deals with ...

Local Impact of Amazon - Issuu

93% of independent retailers nationwide indicate that Amazon has negatively impacted their revenue. Source: ILSR.org creates. What's more, independent retailers ...

How Amazon changes local economies when it moves in - AOL.com

Amazon has rapidly expanded its global footprint in recent years. In 2020 alone, the e-commerce giant added 300 new warehouses, according to ...

The Amazon effect: Fulfillment centers and housing impact

What happens when Amazon or another corporate giant builds a campus or fulfillment center in a new city? A huge influx of new jobs spurs an ...

Amazon's Global Economic Impact and Tax Contribution

local economy as Amazon buys goods and services from local companies, enabling them to expand. For example, when AWS constructs a data center, ...

Do protected areas hamper economic development of the Amazon ...

We applied spatial Durbin error models (SDEM) to analyse the direct, indirect, and total impacts of the PAs on the local economic growth. We did not find a ...

When Amazon Expands, These Communities Pay the Price - Reddit

Do Amazon warehouse facilities force people to leave their communities or work for minimum wages? ... A company of this size has a huge impact ...

New Economy for the Brazilian Amazon | World Resources Institute

Projected Impacts of the New Economy for the Brazilian Amazon by 2050. For ... The local bioeconomy is already thriving, with local and Indigenous ...

Report highlights Amazon Canada's economic impact

New economic data from Amazon shows the company's investments in utility-scale renewable energy projects generated an estimated $478-million in ...

BY THE NUMBERS: Amazon's impact on the Big Bend economy ...

Amazon's robotic fulfillment center is about to put hundreds of people to work in Leon County. Now, businesses already here are getting ...