PRESS RELEASES
Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms
Link and Scott provide a statistical assessment of the employment growth associated with public support of R&D in small, entrepreneurial firms through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
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The Transformation of the American Pension System: Was It Beneficial for Workers?
Wolff examines whether the switch to Americans having predominantly defined contribution pension plans, from traditional defined benefit contribution plans, is good for workers.
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Advances in Economic Forecasting
The six chapters included in this book focus on how the reliability of economic forecasts can be improved. Three of the chapters focus on forecasting in real time while predicting turning points for macro aggregate measures such as Gross Domestic Product, inflation, growth, and unemployment. Authors of two chapters argue that data can be more efficiently exploited through model and forecast combination. They, along with the authors of another chapter, also advocate for using models that are adaptive and perform well in the presence of nonlinearity and structural change.
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Imagining the Ideal Pension System: International Perspectives
An international group of pension experts propose what they view as the ideal pension systems for their countries.
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Longevity Policy: Facing Up to Longevity Issues Affecting Social Security, Pensions, and Older Workers, by John A. Turner
Turner argues that public policy should recognize longevity policy as a distinct policy area. Rather than separately treating issues raised by life expectancy (e.g., Social Security, pensions, older workers), a unified approach should be developed that recognizes their interrelationship.
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Upjohn Press book wins Richard A. Lester Award
Stephen A. Wandner's "Solving the Reemployment Puzzle: From Research to Policy" has been awarded the Richard A. Lester Award for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations published in 2010.
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The Performance of Performance Standards
Using a variety of data sources, the contributors explore how performance standards and incentives affect the behavior of public managers and agency employees, their approaches to service delivery, and ultimately, the outcomes for participants.
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What Works in Work-First Welfare: Designing and Managing Employment Programs in New York City
This book is a case study of how New York Citys welfare-to-work programs were managed and implemented in the mid-2000s. It is a performance analysis, using both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the operations and performance of 26 nonprofit and for-profit welfare-to-work programs. The book draws on individual-level data on more than 14,000 participants, and the use of nonsystematic assignment of clients creates a natural experiment that assists in comparing program performance.
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Investing in Kids: Early Childhood Programs and Local Economic Development
As state and local governments struggle with budget shortfalls across the board, policymakers have begun to question the wisdom of offering large tax breaks to corporations as the primary means of incentivizing economic investment. In Investing in Kids, Timothy J. Bartik says that in order to bolster local and regional economic development efforts and boost the earnings potential of a communitys local workforce, officials should also consider an effective public investment strategy that is grounded in early childhood education.
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Solving the Reemployment Puzzle: From Research to Policy
Stephen A. Wandner provides an insiders view on the process by which workforce development laws and policies were developed as a result of experimental and nonexperimental initiatives undertaken by the USDOL and its Employment and Training Administration.
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Upjohn Institute economist proposes plan for creating jobs and increasing productivity in America’s economically distressed communities
Timothy J. Bartik presents plan during Brookings Institution Hamilton Project event
In a discussion paper prepared for a Brookings Institution Hamilton Project event, Upjohn Institute Senior Economist Timothy J. Bartik lays out a proposal aimed at creating jobs and sustainable economic growth in the nation's economically distressed areas.
Bartik's proposal includes three research-tested and cost-effective strategies, targeted at distressed areas, that would help businesses expand and workers become better-trained and more productive.
Read the Discussion Paper | Policy Brief.
Learn more about “Hard Times, Solid Policies to Renew American Communities: A Hamilton Project Event with Governor Jennifer Granholm.”
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President's Proposed Jobs Tax Cut a Cost-Effective Way to Spur JobCreation, Upjohn Economist Says
Proposal will spawn 1 million jobs at a cost of $30,000 per job created, according to jobs expert Timothy J. Bartik.
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MEGA Tax Credit Program a Plus for Michigan's Economy
Michigan's MEGA tax credit program has yielded considerable job creation for the state, at a reasonable cost per job created, say Upjohn Institute researchers Timothy J. Bartik and George Erickcek in a study released today.
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The Economics of Natural and Unnatural Disasters
William Kern, Western Michigan University, Editor
This book presents a noted group of contributors who stand at the forefront of this increasingly important subdiscipline of economicsthe economics of disasters. The chapters they contribute cover a wide variety of events and delve into the human and economic impacts disasters impose on nations around the world.
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Author of "Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy?" wins 2010 Schumpeter Prize
The International Schumpeter Society has just named William Lazonick's Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy the winner of its 2010 Prize Competition. The book explores the origins of the new era of employment insecurity and income inequality, and considers what governments, businesses, and individuals can do to correct these inequities. Lazonick also asks whether the United States can refashion its high-tech business model to generate stable and equitable economic growth.
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Globalization and International Development: Crirical Issues of the 21st Century
Sisay Asefa, Western Michigan University, Editor
Globalization impacts the worlds nations in a variety of ways. Among the most important of these impacts is the effect it has on poverty. Despite great advances allowing nearly instantaneous flows of data and telecommunications, and the fact that, for some, globalization serves as a means for obtaining freedom, wealth, and prosperity, disproportionate international distributions of wealth and income remains a serious and potentially unsettling social issue.
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New Report to Congress Reveals Biases and Gaps in Economic Statistics Resulting from Globalization
It is commonly believed that low-cost imports from China and other emerging economies have resulted in large-scale job losses in this country, particularly in the trade-sensitive manufacturing sector. Yet such effects are far from evident in the official data, leading many analysts to conclude that any adverse impact of trade on employment has been minor. A new report to Congress was motivated by concerns that the impact of imports on the U.S. economy and its workers is understated because of shortcomings in economic statistics.
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