economic destiny. Methodologically, we construct a regression model which identifies the small metro areas that achieved higher …-than-expected economic prosperity (winners) and the areas that saw lower-than-expected economic prosperity (losers) according to the model …

WPRS profiling was introduced in Michigan much has changed, but the same model was in use until very recently. The MESC has … Michigan WPRS profiling model which is in harmony with the new institutional realities, the MBWUC once again chose to partner … with the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. This brief paper offers a new WPRS model for Michigan which …

offered by local workforce areas (LWAs). By performance standards adjustment, we mean a model that uses a statistical approach … short- and longer-term employment outcomes. Second, the model is estimated using data from only one state, which allows each … state greater flexibility in adapting the adjustment model to the state’s needs and available data. Third, the model is …

This paper examines how a metropolitan area's job growth affects its income distribution. The research uses annual … metropolitan job growth increases real family income in the lowest income quintile by a significantly greater percentage than for … the average family. Metropolitan job growth also increases the value of property owned by upper income quintiles, but …

, there has been little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques … through 2001. We find strong evidence that access to external finance (loans) increases the growth of both employment and … sales. Taxes appear to constrain growth. There is some evidence that entrepreneurial skills increase growth, but only weak …

sharply. Moreover, although job growth was high, many argued that the quality of American jobs as measured by wages, benefits …, and job security deteriorated. The decline of jobs in the high-paying manufacturing sector and the growth of jobs in the … low-paying services sector, the growth in part-time and temporary employment, and the general decline in real wages among …