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Research Hubs Disability and Workers' Comp. Economic Development and Local Labor Markets Family Labor Issues Unemployment Insurance Welfare-to-Work Work Arrangements Workforce Quality: Education & Training Special topics Kalamazoo Promise PromiseNet 2010 A Revised New Jobs Tax Credit Globalization and Measurement in Economic Statistics Mass Privatization and Mortality Targeting Employment Services Personal Reemployment Accounts The Economic Development Effects of Early Childhood Programs Preschool Education as an Economic Development Program Contracting Out to Employment Services Job loss and international competition Michigan’s Economic Competitiveness and Public Policy Graduation Requirements, Skills, Postsecondary Education, and the Michigan Economy Taxes, jobs, & Michigan's economy Michigan's Business Taxes and Economic Development: Possible Reforms Enterprise Research: Network Activities Data Employment Research Data Center West Michigan Data Center Rural Benchmarking Database Labor Standards Database	Recent Upjohn Institute Working Papers Do Bans on Affirmative Action Hurt Minority Students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan, Kalena E. Cortes Health Insurance Availability and Entrepreneurship, Philip DeCicca Offshoring and the State of American Manufacturing, Susan H. Houseman, Christopher Kurz, Paul Lengermann, and Benjamin Mandel The Employment and Fiscal Effects of Michigan's MEGA Tax Credit Program, Timothy J. Bartik and George Erickcek See a list of all Working Papers.
		July 2010 issue - Employment Research This issue includes two new articles: Evaluation of Regional Collaborations for Economic Development: Lessons from the Employment and Training Administration's WIRED Initiative, Kevin Hollenbeck and Nancy Hewat The Economics of Natural and Unnatural Disasters, William Kern Contact us if you'd like a free subscription.
		Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy: Business Organization and High-Tech Employment in the United States, William Lazonick The International Schumpeter Society has named William Lazonick's Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy the winner of its 2010 Prize Competition. The book explores the origins of the new era of employment insecurity and income inequality, and considers what governments, businesses, and individuals can do to correct these inequities. Lazonick also asks whether the United States can refashion its high-tech business model to generate stable and equitable economic growth. Read more/order. \| Read the first chapter. \| Read the press release
		June 2010 issue of Business Outlook for West Michigan This issue's Viewpoint is titled "The Early Recession’s Impact on West Michigan Cities and Commuting Trends"
	Study examines participation in UI and ES by adult TANF recipients. Employment and Training occasional paper 2010-07 Among those who leave TANF for employment, the study measures the rates of subsequent unemployment, application for UI, eligibility for and receipt of UI benefits, and the use of Wagner-Peyser funded ES. Read abstract \| final report.
		Globalization and International Development: Critical Issues of the 21st Century, Sisay Asefa, Editor This new book presents a group of notable scholars who examine the relationship between globalization and poverty from a number of diverse perspectives. Read more. \| Read the first chapter.
	The Kalamazoo Promise, and Enrollment and Achievement Trends in Kalamazoo Public Schools Timothy J. Bartik, Randall Eberts, and Wei-Jang Huang This paper examines three types of KPS trends that may represent Promise effects: 1) trends in overall enrollment, 2) trends in relative enrollment by ethnic group, and 3) trends in KPS achievement on the standardized test used by the state of Michigan for No Child Left Behind Accountability, the MEAP test.
		The Economics of Natural and Unnatural Disasters, William Kern, Editor The noted group of contributors to this volume cover a wide variety of disastrous events and delve into the human and economic impacts disasters impose on nations around the world. Read more. \| Read the first chapter.
	MEGA Tax Credit Program a Plus for Michigan's Economy A new report from Timothy J. Bartik and George Erickcek points out the program's considerable job creation and low cost per job created. Read the press release \| report \| testimony.
	Study shows that temporary help employment not a stepping stone to permanent jobs Work about to be published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics by David Autor and Susan Houseman shows that reentering the workforce via temporary help may not be the "foot in the door" that workers hope for. Read more: The Economist \| wbur.org \| Working paper.
	The Kalamazoo Promise Kalamazoo, Michigan is currently home to an unprecedented experiment in economic development. Announced in November 2005, the Kalamazoo Promise guarantees full college scholarships to potentially every graduate of the Kalamazoo Public School district. The Upjohn Institute is actively involved in research, evaluation, and community mobilization efforts surrounding the Kalamazoo Promise. Learn more.
		West Michigan Data Center/Business Outlook The source for up-to-date data on current economic conditions in West Michigan. Updated monthly! *Business Outlook for West Michigan* is also available on-line. 2000 Census data for West Michigan
	Employment Research Data Center With the cooperation and assistance of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Upjohn Institute has begun serving as the repository of many research and evaluation projects conducted by the DOL. Data from these projects and final reports are offered on CD-ROM. Abstracts, executive summaries, and listings of the contents of the data CDs are available on-line as html or pdf files. Additional data sets are made available periodically.
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