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.

Latest Research Highlights

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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Realistic Local Job Multipliers

April 24, 2019 · Research

Realistic Local Job Multipliers

April 1, 2019 · Research

Local Job Multipliers in the United States: Variation with Local Characteristics and with High-Tech Shocks

March 1, 2019 · Research

Rent Control‒Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease?

January 5, 2019 · Research

The National-Level Economic Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP): Estimates for Fiscal Year 2018

January 1, 2019 · Research

Michigan Business Development Program Effectiveness Study

January 1, 2019 · Research

Building Shared Prosperity: How Communities Can Create Good Jobs for All

January 1, 2019 · Research

Preparing U.S. Workers and Employers for an Autonomous Vehicle Future

January 1, 2019 · Research

Promise Scholarship Programs and Local Prosperity

October 25, 2018 · Research

Incentive Benefits and Costs

October 18, 2018 · Research

Promise Scholarship Programs and Local Prosperity

October 18, 2018 · Research

Striking a Balance: A National Assessment of Economic Development Incentives

August 1, 2018 · Research

Incentives and Local Job Creation

July 31, 2018 · Research

How effective are local economic development incentives?

July 27, 2018 · Research Highlight

"But For" Percentages for Economic Development Incentives: What Percentage Estimates are Plausible Based on the Research Literature?

July 1, 2018 · Research

What Works to Help Manufacturing-Intensive Local Economies?

May 8, 2018 · Research

Helping Manufacturing-Intensive Communities: What Works?

May 8, 2018 · Research

Improving Economic Development Incentives

March 26, 2018 · Research

Economic Conditions: Updates on the National, State, and Regional Economies with a Look at 2018

March 14, 2018 · Research

Who Benefits From Economic Development Incentives? How Incentive Effects on Local Incomes and the Income Distribution Vary with Different Assumptions about Incentive Policy and the Local Economy

March 1, 2018 · Research