Economic Development

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Upjohn Institute research offers insight into specific industries and the labor market as a whole, from locally to nationally and internationally and from both the supply and demand sides. Focal areas include manufacturing, tax incentives and regional collaboration.

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The CHIPS and Science Act offers funding for place-based policies unparalleled in U.S. history

August 5, 2022 · Research Highlight

Report helps policymakers turn economic upheaval into opportunity

August 16, 2021 · Research Highlight
A Moment of Opportunity: Strategies for Inclusive Economic Growth

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Collaborative Restructuring Efforts: Textile and Apparel Labor-Management Innovation Network, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania

January 1, 1993 · Research

Economic Development and Industrial Relations in a Small-Firm Economy: The Experience of Metalworkers in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

January 1, 1993 · Research

International Competition and the Organization of Production: The Study Action Team Process at Trico Products

January 1, 1993 · Research

Managing Local Development: Lessons from Spain

January 1, 1993 · Research

Federal Policy Toward State and Local Economic Development in the 1990s

January 1, 1993 · Research

The 1992 Economic Impact of the Upjohn Company on Kalamazoo County

January 1, 1993 · Research

Maximum Score Estimates of the Determinants of Residential Mobility: Implications for the Value of Residential Attachment and Neighborhood Amenities

September 1, 1992 · Research

The Effects of State and Local Taxes on Economic Development: A Review of Recent Research

February 1, 1992 · Research

Introduction [to Banking the Furnace]

January 1, 1992 · Research

Introduction [to Job Accessibility and the Employment and School Enrollment of Teenagers]

January 1, 1992 · Research

Introduction [to Wage and Employment Adjustment in Local Labor Markets]

January 1, 1992 · Research

Introduction [to Wage Flexibility and Unemployment Dynamics in Regional Labor Markets]

January 1, 1992 · Research

Banking the Furnace: Restructuring of the Steel Industry in Eight Countries

January 1, 1992 · Research

Job Accessibility and the Employment and School Enrollment of Teenagers

January 1, 1992 · Research

Wage and Employment Adjustment in Local Labor Markets

January 1, 1992 · Research

Wage Flexibility and Unemployment Dynamics in Regional Labor Markets

January 1, 1992 · Research

Introduction [to Excellence at Work]

January 1, 1992 · Research

State Strategies for Building Market-Based Workforce Preparation Systems

January 1, 1992 · Research

State Strategies for Manufacturing Modernization

January 1, 1992 · Research

Excellence at Work: Policy Option Papers for the National Governors' Association

January 1, 1992 · Research