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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Estimating the Impacts of PlazaCorp Investments Related to the Acquisition of the Arcadia Ramp in Downtown Kalamazoo on the Region

January 1, 2017 · Research

Confronting Policy Challenges of the Great Recession: Lessons for Macroeconomic Policy

January 1, 2017 · Research

International Dimensions of the Great Recession and the Weak Recovery

January 1, 2017 · Research

Fiscal Policy and Full Employment

January 1, 2017 · Research

Central Banking in the Great Recession: New Policies, Old Principles

January 1, 2017 · Research

The Great Recession and Lessons for Policymaking

January 1, 2017 · Research

The Great Depression and the Great Recession in a Historical Mirror

January 1, 2017 · Research

Evaluation of the Battle Creek Jobs Fund

January 1, 2017 · Research

Who Wins in an Energy Boom? Evidence from Wage Rates and Housing

November 1, 2016 · Research

What Works in Economic Development

September 1, 2016 · Research

Can States Help Us Understand the National Employment Picture?

July 1, 2016 · Research

Evaluation of the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants: Interim Findings on Multiagency Collaboration and Cluster Progress

March 17, 2016 · Research

Labor-Demand-Side Economic Development Incentives and Urban Opportunity

January 1, 2016 · Research

Labor Market Analysis of the Kenosha, Wisconsin Region

January 1, 2016 · Research

I-69 Thumb Region Asset Mapping of Work-Based Programs and Initiatives: Final Report

January 1, 2016 · Research

The Employment Impact of the New Economy Initiative (NEI) on the Detroit Region and the State of Michigan

January 1, 2016 · Research

How Effects of Local Labor Demand Shocks Vary with the Initial Local Unemployment Rate

December 1, 2015 · Research

The Production and Stock of College Graduates for U.S. States

December 1, 2015 · Research

Migration and Housing Price Effects of Place-Based College Scholarships

November 1, 2015 · Research

Jobless Capital? The Role of Capital Subsidies

October 1, 2015 · Research