Remarks at Queens Chamber of Commerce and Queens Economic Development Corporation, Flushing, New York City.

Remarks before the Bronx Chamber of Commerce at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.

Remarks at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business, Bronx, New York.

Remarks at the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, Fishkill, New York.

Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.

Remarks by President Dudley at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, New York.

Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 2010 Regional Employment Press Briefing.

Remarks at the State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York.

We investigate whether the degree production and research and development (R&D) activities of colleges and universities are related to the amount and types of human capital present in the metropolitan areas where the institutions are located. We find that degree production has only a small...

During the 1980s and early 1990s the earnings gap between individuals with a college education and those with no more than a high school diploma widened substantially.Two leading explanations are technological improvement, either by increasing demand for skilled workers or by displacing...