W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

We’re thrilled to welcome three outstanding economists to the Upjohn Institute team: • Chloe Gibbs joins as senior economist. Coming to us from Notre Dame, where she was an assistant professor and directed educational research, Chloe also recently served with the President's Council of Economic Advisers. She has expertise in the economics of education, especially policies for disadvantaged kids and families (including early childhood and Head Start's long-term effects). https://lnkd.in/gdH5vRfm • Monique Davis comes aboard as an economist. Her research focuses on stratification economics, examining how systemic factors and group identities impact economic outcomes. Her recent work examined racial disparities in education and law enforcement, including the impact of school-based policing on Black students. She recently earned her Ph.D. in applied economics from the University of Minnesota. https://lnkd.in/guCPMp_C • Ethan Jenkins joins us as a postdoctoral researcher after completing his Ph.D. at Notre Dame. His research interests include labor and public economics, particularly the impact of public programs on housing security and crime. He will work with a team analyzing economic issues in the childcare market. https://lnkd.in/gFzVNtDH Ethan will join the Institute in June, while Chloe and Monique arrive in August. The addition of these three researchers reflects the Institute’s ongoing commitment to rigorous, policy-relevant research on labor markets and employment-related issues. #laboreconomics #economicpolicy #economicsresearch

More than 100 cities and regions pay remote workers to relocate there. But how to ensure people don't stay just long enough to collect a check and then leave? A new report on one program, Tulsa Remote, shows the importance of including supports to integrate newcomers into the community. https://lnkd.in/gX-ExHNN

Should we be worried about the differential response rates by native and foreign born individuals in the CPS? Read the analysis by Jing Cai, Aaron Sojourner and Brad Hershbein

Explore our Kalamazoo Promise interactive data tool: https://lnkd.in/gSPB9iY9

Communities have tried many strategies, including tax #incentives, to attract businesses to their borders. A newer approach: pay remote workers to move to town – regardless of where their company is based – shows promise as an economic development tool. In the most thorough analysis of such a program to date, our Timothy Bartik finds one such program, Tulsa Remote, has benefits to existing residents that outweigh its cost by more than four-to-one. #remotework #econdev https://lnkd.in/gX-ExHNN

How widespread are disadvantaged communities and how can governments help create more jobs there? Timothy Bartik, an Upjohn Institute senior economist and leading expert in place-based policies, answers both questions in a new brief for the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. https://lnkd.in/gmG9Mf3F

What's the real impact of work reporting requirments for Medicaid recipients?

Access to reliable, unbiased data is essential to rigorous research and effective economic policy. Cornell's Erica Groshen writes that proposed changes to federal civil service rules could affect the leadership of agencies responsible for collecting and analyzing key economic data. https://lnkd.in/eQEXmyMw

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, the Upjohn Institute's Michelle Miller-Adams and and Beth Truesdale explain how adding work reporting requirements to Medicaid will take health care away from millions, but it won't increase employment. https://wapo.st/4klmVlX

The Kalamazoo Promise — a first-of-its-kind program that provides free college tuition to graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools — is marking its 20th anniversary this year.   New findings from the Upjohn Institute show the program’s continued impact: • Among the Class of 2024, Promise scholars were 18 percentage points more likely to enroll in college within six months of graduation compared to graduates from similar urban districts in Michigan. • Thanks to a 10-year eligibility period, more Kalamazoo Promise scholars complete college—associate degree completions have doubled, and bachelor’s degrees are up 30% compared to 6-year completion rates. • Since the program’s launch, 51% of eligible scholars who exhausted their scholarship have earned a degree or credential. • 80% of the credentials earned have been bachelor's degrees. The Kalamazoo Promise remains a widely studied model for place-based scholarship programs across the country. Full data and evaluation here: https://lnkd.in/giqCkst8 #EducationPolicy #HigherEd #ScholarshipPrograms #KalamazooPromise