Minority new hires near majority: New Hires Quality Index
Share of minority hires age 25 to 54 up nearly 10 percentage points
Upjohn Institute's Tim Bartik testifies to New Jersey Senate on incentives
Other policies can be 10 times more effective
Michelle Miller-Adams pens article for Washington Monthly
"What the Free College Movement Can Learn from Kalamazoo"
Tim Bartik discusses Foxconn's incentive deal on Wisconsin Public TV's Here & Now
Renegotiating the State's offer would still lead to higher-than-normal costs per job created, he says
Morris Kleiner visits the Institute during the week of July 29
Kleiner, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School and an Institute visiting scholar, is the nation's foremost expert on occupational regulation and licensing. He presents a seminar on August 2.
Michelle Miller-Adams co-authors blog post on Brookings' "The Avenue"
How Promise programs can help former industrial communities
Tim Bartik participates in Brookings' 8th annual Municipal Finance Conference
Panel topic: Communities left behind: How to narrow the gap between prospering and stagnating communities
A new issue of Economic Development Quarterly is now available
The latest is a special issue on earnings and career advancement possibilities for low-wage workers
Promise database expands to include 144 college scholarship programs, richer data
Promise Programs Database adds 55 programs for a total of 144
Owen Thompson, Williams College, presents a seminar on Friday, May 17
"Fertility Decline in the Civil Rights Era"