Research Highlights

Free-college “Promise” programs can boost local prosperity

October 29, 2018 · Research Highlight

Do sick pay mandates hurt employment and wages?

October 19, 2018 · Research Highlight

Unemployment Insurance Reform: Fixing a Broken System

September 19, 2018 · Research Highlight

Morris Kleiner discusses his research on occupational licensing and his recent conference

September 10, 2018 · Research Highlight

Education heads off earning loss from health shocks

August 20, 2018 · Research Highlight

"But For" Percentages for Economic Development Incentives

July 31, 2018 · Research Highlight
What percentage estimates are plausible based on the research literature? Better estimates of “but for” percentages depend on developing data that quantitatively measure diverse changes in incentive policies across comparable areas.

How effective are local economic development incentives?

July 27, 2018 · Research Highlight

Retention in the SNAP program is surprisingly low, but new systems of communicating with beneficiaries show promise

July 11, 2018 · Research Highlight

How to fix a broken unemployment insurance system

June 19, 2018 · Research Highlight

Can the Rust Belt be saved? Yes, with smart policies

May 8, 2018 · Research Highlight

Bump in career earnings for college grads who grew up poor is much smaller than for those from well-to-do backgrounds

April 20, 2018 · Research Highlight

Pre-K Impact Depends on Quality

April 3, 2018 · Research Highlight

Typical business incentive policies need reforms to rein in costs and maximize benefits

March 26, 2018 · Research Highlight

Understanding the Decline in Manufacturing Employment

January 25, 2018 · Research Highlight

The STEM Dilemma: Skills that Matter to Regions

December 20, 2017 · Research Highlight

House tax bill would cut benefits for older students, lifetime learners

December 14, 2017 · Research Highlight

Pell Grants improve poor students' performance and increase their earnings

November 27, 2017 · Research Highlight

New! - Promise Program Database

November 7, 2017 · Research Highlight

New Hires Quality Index

October 17, 2017 · Research Highlight

We pose five questions to Charles Ballard on "The Fall and Rise of Income Equality in the United States"

October 5, 2017 · Research Highlight