News & Events

Susan Houseman's new working paper is lauded by Jared Bernstein in the Washington Post and in his On the Economy blog

July 13, 2018

Morris Kleiner receives the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) 2018 LERA Lifetime Achievement Award

July 6, 2018

Paper coauthored by Brad Hershbein appears in the latest issue of American Economic Review

June 28, 2018

Tim Bartik discusses how to grow the number of mfg. jobs on The 21st podcast

May 31, 2018

Tim Bartik and Brad Hershbein pen op-ed that appears in The New York Times: "College Does Help the Poor"

May 23, 2018

Russell Weinstein, Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, presents a seminar on May 23

May 21, 2018

Chronicle of Higher Ed interviews Brad Hershbein on whether college benefits low-income students

May 21, 2018

Tim Bartik and Brad Hershbein respond to NYT op-ed on the value of college education for people from low income backgrounds

May 18, 2018

Susan Houseman quoted in WAMU piece on the lack of protections for gig workers

May 18, 2018

New York Times column spotlights Tim Bartik incentive research

May 10, 2018

Upjohn Institute manufacturing research subject of Washington Post piece

May 9, 2018

Brad Hershbein makes presentations on pre-K in public schools and paid family leave

May 4, 2018

Research by Susan Houseman featured in Quartz article "The epic mistake about manufacturing that’s cost Americans millions of jobs"

May 3, 2018

Tim Bartik discusses his latest research on economic development incentives on WMUK

April 12, 2018

Jesse Gregory, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, presents a seminar on Thursday, April 12

April 10, 2018

Susan Houseman to speak at Urban Institute event, "The Future of Work and Family Financial Security"

April 4, 2018

New report on economic development incentives by Timothy Bartik is highlighted in The Atlantic's CityLab

April 2, 2018

New appointments announced: Susan Houseman is Vice President and Director of Research. Brad Hershbein is Director of Information and Communications Services

March 29, 2018

Institute hosts meeting of the Policy Advisory Committee for its research initiative "Promise: Investing in Community"

March 28, 2018

2017 - 2018 WMU Sichel Lecture Series concludes on March 28 with a presentation by Howard Stein, Univ. of Michigan

March 27, 2018