that economic development programs to increase metropolitan job growth will have a progressive effect if the cost per job … created is low, and these costs are financed by personal taxes. But economic development programs with a high cost per job …

This paper provides a guide to economic development policies for local government managers. Local economic development … local government managers, this paper suggests a number of guiding principles, including: local economic development should … be pursued cooperatively across the local labor market; economic development programs should consider the quality of jobs …

advantages, such as developing information on foreign markets, encouraging large national banks to be more involved in economic …The federal government should focus its policies towards economic development on areas in which the federal government … local governments; (2) expand the federal role in economic development services in which national action has some special …

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 …, distressed neighborhoods, and downtowns; and discusses how local economic development programs should be organized, managed, and …

This paper considers how a state such as Michigan can increase the economic development benefits of higher education …. Research evidence suggests that higher education increases local economic development principally by increasing the quality of … the local workforce, and secondarily by increasing local innovative ideas. These economic development benefits of higher …

This paper argues that more rigorous evaluations of local economic development policies are feasible. Programs that aid …

the economic development of a metropolitan area. This examination pulls together previous research and provides some new … empirical evidence. We provide quantitative evidence of the magnitude of economic effects of higher education and medical …

This paper describes the role of local partnerships in the delivery of workforce and economic development services in … Employment and Economic Development (LEED) Committee of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD … summarizes the history of local partnerships in the United States, tracks the separate evolution of workforce and economic …

This paper reviews the research literature relevant to economic development incentives provided by state and local …

The question addressed in this paper seems simple: Can economic development programs be evaluated? But the answer is …