Research Highlights

Is our Unemployment Insurance system recession-ready?

May 25, 2016 · Research Highlight

Can the arts help revitalize declining Rust Belt cities?

May 10, 2016 · Research Highlight

Domestic Outsourcing in the United States: A Research Agenda to Assess Trends and Effects on Job Quality

April 26, 2016 · Research Highlight

New research shows high rates of financial return for Kalamazoo Promise

April 11, 2016 · Research Highlight

Do retention bonuses work? Evidence from the U.S. Air Force

March 26, 2016 · Research Highlight

Do household consumption patterns change at retirement?

March 21, 2016 · Research Highlight

College grads earn less if they grew up poor

March 4, 2016 · Research Highlight

Panel discussion focuses on the current state of research on pre-K

February 23, 2016 · Research Highlight

When nurses leave nursing homes, patient care suffers even more than suspected

February 17, 2016 · Research Highlight

Domestic Outsourcing in the United States: A Research Agenda to Assess Trends and Effects on Job Quality

February 11, 2016 · Research Highlight
The goal of this paper is to develop a comprehensive research agenda to analyze trends in domestic outsourcing in the United States—firms’ use of contractors and independent contractors—and its effects on job quality and inequality.

Do states that produce more college grads manage to keep them?

February 3, 2016 · Research Highlight

Domestic outsourcing leads to lower wages and rising wage inequality in Germany

January 22, 2016 · Research Highlight

New research identifies four common patterns of mothers’ work in the U.S.

January 14, 2016 · Research Highlight

UI research highlights from 2015

December 24, 2015 · Research Highlight

When surveys aren’t enough: evidence-based policy decisions require administrative data

December 24, 2015 · Research Highlight

Research shows place-based scholarship programs reduce out-migration

December 10, 2015 · Research Highlight

When are economic development incentives most likely to have the biggest payoff for state economies?

December 3, 2015 · Research Highlight

Does paid sick leave lead to healthier employees?

November 24, 2015 · Research Highlight

Non-tax incentives for business growth promote capital investment over jobs

November 16, 2015 · Research Highlight

Promise Nation: Transforming Communities through Place-Based Scholarships

November 11, 2015 · Research Highlight
Miller-Adams describes how the various "Promise-type" place-based scholarship programs impact college access, financial aid, and community transformation.