Research Topics

Building and maintaining skills for the labor force is a lifelong process, starting with prekindergarten programs and continuing throughout a worker’s career. The Upjohn Institute’s research elucidates how each learning stage and program contributes to a strong workforce.
Parents' unemployment can hurt children's lifelong earnings
Children whose parents lose jobs before a major educational decision are less likely to finish college.
Upjohn Institute report offers ideas to help communities build broadly-shared prosperity
Report outlines strategies that small and medium-sized cities, along with rural areas, can follow to create jobs for their residents