Economic Development

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Upjohn Institute research offers insight into specific industries and the labor market as a whole, from locally to nationally and internationally and from both the supply and demand sides. Focal areas include manufacturing, tax incentives and regional collaboration.

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The CHIPS and Science Act offers funding for place-based policies unparalleled in U.S. history

August 5, 2022 · Research Highlight

Report helps policymakers turn economic upheaval into opportunity

August 16, 2021 · Research Highlight
A Moment of Opportunity: Strategies for Inclusive Economic Growth

The Aftermath of the Pandemic Recession: The Role of Economic Development Policy

July 29, 2020 · Research Highlight
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Jobs, Productivity, and Local Economic Development: What Implications Does Economic Research Have for the Role of Government?

December 1, 1994 · Research

The Effects of Metropolitan Job Growth on the Size Distribution of Family Income

November 1, 1994 · Research

Subsidizing Increased Employment for the Urban Poor: What Labor Market Problems Might Justify It?

November 1, 1994 · Research

What Should the Federal Government Be Doing About Urban Economic Development?

August 1, 1994 · Research

Rural Wages and Returns to Education: Differences Between Whites, Blacks and American Indians

June 1, 1994 · Research

Urban Labor Markets

June 1, 1994 · Research

Better Evaluation is Needed for Economic Development Programs to Thrive

May 1, 1994 · Research

Regional Wage Convergence and Divergence: Adjusting Wages for Cost-of-Living Differences

April 1, 1994 · Research

What Should the Federal Government Be Doing About Urban Economic Development?

March 1, 1994 · Research

A Net Impact Study of the MTP Program: Briefing Guide for Presentation to Jobs Central

February 9, 1994 · Research

Housing Markets and Residential Mobility, G. Thomas Kingsley, and Margery Austin Turner, eds.

February 1, 1994 · Research

Taxes and Local Economic Development: What Do We Know and What Can We Know?

January 1, 1994 · Research

The 1993 Economic Impact of the Upjohn Company on Kalamazoo County

January 1, 1994 · Research

Universities and the Startup of New Companies: Can We Generalize from Route 128 and Silicon Valley?

November 1, 1993 · Research

The Effects of Local Labor Demand on Individual Labor Market Outcomes for Different Demographic Groups and the Poor

September 1, 1993 · Research

Who Benefits from Local Job Growth: Migrants or the Original Residents?

September 1, 1993 · Research

Federal Policy Towards State and Local Economic Development in the 1990s

March 1, 1993 · Research

Economic Development and Black Economic Success

January 1, 1993 · Research

Introduction [to Foreign Direct Investment in the United States]

January 1, 1993 · Research

Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: Issues, Magnitudes, and Location Choice of New Manufacturing Plants

January 1, 1993 · Research