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Factory workers on cardboard line
Strong Places, Place-based Policy, Skill Building
Research points to smarter, cheaper ways to create jobs in struggling communities
Timothy J. Bartik
Graduate's parents walk behind her holding hands
Prepared Workforce, Education
Latest data for The Kalamazoo Promise released
Aaron Sojourner mug
Work and Life, Social Insurance, Employment Relationships
Making more child care available: conversation with Aaron Sojourner
Aaron Sojourner
Workers mounting an engine on B-25 bomber, Inglewood, 1942. Alred Palmer, public domain, Library of Congress
Strong Places, Place-based Policy
WWII factories boosted local workers for decades. What are the lessons for manufacturing today?
Children learning in child care
Resilient Workers, Social Insurance
Tax credits can increase child care usage and enable more mothers to work
Gabrielle Pepin
Woman works on laptop at home while children play with toys nearby
Resilient Workers, Work and Life
Gender pay gap widens at childbirth, research finds
children listen to daycare teacher
Prepared Workforce, Community Development
Michigan’s Great Start Readiness Program yields positive economic return
Timothy J. Bartik
UC Berkely campus from above
Employment Relationships
Universities use monopsony power to push down wages: ASSA research focus
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes