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Latest Research Featured in Economic Development Quarterly
February 2018; 32(1) http://edq.sagepub.com/content/current
Table of Contents
Research and Practice
College Scholarships as a Tool for Economic Development? Evidence from the Kalamazoo Promise
(Ashley Miller)
Human Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in U.S. Counties
(Minghao Li, Stephan J. Goetz, Bruce Weber)
Evaluating the Impact of Manufacturing Extension Services on Establishment Performance
(Clifford A. Lipscomb, Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira, Sanjay Arora, Andy Krause)
Industry Clusters and Regional Economic Performance: A Study Across U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas
(Timothy F. Slaper, Karter M. Harmon, Barry M. Rubin)
What Makes Business Incubation Work? Measuring the Influence of Incubator Quality and Regional Capacity on Incubator Outcomes
(Elsie Harper-Anderson, David A. Lewis)
State Health Insurance Regulation and Self-Employment Rates After the Great Recession: The Role of Guaranteed Issue Mandates
(Jacqueline Chattopadhyay)
Book Reviews
Handbook on the Geographies of Innovation
(reviewed by Gordon F. Mulligan)
