Making Sense Of Incentives: Taming Business Incentives to Promote Prosperity
New book provides best practices for the use of economic development incentives
Workforce programs have blind spot for nontraditional jobs: report
Training programs may overlook nontraditional workers
Smart targeting of jobs at distressed places offers cost-effective, lasting effects
A new paper finds that targeting jobs at distressed places can boost national and state economies.
New construction makes homes more affordable—even for those who can't afford the new units
New market-rate housing can lower housing costs in neighborhoods across a metro area
New research debunks popular notions about multiple jobholding
New research debunks popular notions about multiple jobholding.
Earned Income Tax Credit reduces poverty over the long term in disadvantaged areas
New research shows long-term benefits of antipoverty policies in areas of concentrated poverty.
What are realistic job multipliers?
Upjohn Institute researchers show that job multipliers touted by economic development policymakers are often overstated.