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Predictors of Employment Growth and Unemployment in U.S. Central Cities, 1990-2010
Wolf-Powers, Laura - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013
This paper considers employment growth and unemployment from 1990-2010 in a cross-section of cities in light of … unemployment rates in 83 central cities in the United States. Change in educational attainment over time is suggestive of causing … higher job growth and lower unemployment. The implication is that initiatives to attract and retain college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670842
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The Revitalization of Older Industrial Cities: A Review Essay of Retooling for Growth
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2008
This review essay debates the policy issues raised by the book Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s Older Industrial Areas, edited by Richard M. McGahey and Jennifer S. Vey (Brookings Institution Press, 2008). I argue that the main rationale for adopting policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008516727
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The Employment and Fiscal Effects of Michigan's MEGA Tax Credit Program
Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2010
This paper estimates that Michigan's MEGA tax credit program to attract and retain businesses has large employment and fiscal benefits. MEGA provides discretionary tax credits to businesses, with the tax credit tied to the personal income taxes paid by employees on the new or retained jobs. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478798
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Local Economic Development Policies
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2003
This chapter seeks to provide useful advice for local government policy towards economic development programs. The chapter: reviews the size and scope of local economic development programs in the United States; critically analyzes the various rationales offered for these programs; makes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101972
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Higher Education, the Health Care Industry, and Metropolitan Regional Economic Development: What Can “Eds & Meds” Do for the Economic Fortunes of a Metro Area’s Residents?
Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2007
This paper examines the effects of expansions in higher educational institutions and the medical service industry on the economic development of a metropolitan area. This examination pulls together previous research and provides some new empirical evidence. We provide quantitative evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005102007
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Simulating the Effects of Michigan's MEGA Tax Credit Program on Job Creation and Fiscal Benefits
Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2012
This paper simulates job and fiscal impacts of Michigan’s MEGA tax credit program for job creation. Under plausible assumptions about how such credits affect business location decisions, the net costs per job created of the MEGA program are simulated to be of modest size. The job creation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616769
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Thinking about Local Living Wage Requirements
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002
This paper reviews what we currently know about the benefits and costs of different varieties of a "living wage": a local government requirement, now adopted by over 50 local governments, for wages above the federal minimum imposed on employers with some financial link to the local government....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116761
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Nonstandard Forms and Measures of Employment and Unemployment in Transition: A Comparative Study of Estonia, Romania, and Russia
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gimpelson, Vladimir; … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2006
transition economy labor markets. We analyze microdata on detailed labor force survey responses in Russia, Romania, and Estonia … to measure nonstandard, boundary forms and alternative definitions of employment and unemployment. Our calculations show … alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116750
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Solving the Reemployment Puzzle: From Research to Policy
Wandner, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
This book provides a detailed insider's view under the Clinton and Bush administrations of the process by which eight social science experiments influenced federal laws and policies to alleviate joblessness in the United States.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008751547
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Employment and Training Policy in the United States during the Economic Crisis
O'Leary, Christopher J.; Eberts, Randall W. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009
and the introduction of new mechanisms to help Americans cope with job loss and protracted unemployment. The particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478799