2022
Entrepreneurial Firms and Incentives: Pre-COVID-19 Landscape and Pandemic Recovery Responses, Darrene Hackler
Publication: External Papers and Reports
The Evolution and Landscape of Under-Resourced Communities in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Matthew Hall, Howard Wial, and Devon Yee
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Fostering Resident-Centric Economic Development, Ellen Harpel
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Balancing Data Privacy and Usability in the Federal Statistical System, V. Joseph Hotz, Christopher R. Bollinger, Tatiana Komarova, Charles F. Manski, Robert A. Moffitt, Denis Nekipelov, Aaron Sojourner, and Bruce D. Spencer
Source: PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) 119(31): e2104906119
Publication: Journal Articles
Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, Raffaele Saggio, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Source: Journal of Labor Economics 40: S469–S493
Publication: Journal Articles
How Reliable Are Administrative Reports of Paid Work Hours?, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Source: Labour Economics 75: 102131
Publication: Journal Articles
Poor Performance as a Predictable Outcome: Financing the Administration of Unemployment Insurance, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Source: American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 112: 102-106
Publication: Journal Articles
The Racial and Spatial Impacts of the Paycheck Protection Program, T. William Lester and Matthew D. Wilson
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Broadband Use and Inclusive Prosperity in Black Communities, Karen Mossberger, Caroline Tolbert, and Bomi Lee
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Equity in Unemployment Insurance Benefit Access, Christopher J. O'Leary, William E. Spriggs, and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: External Papers and Reports
How Would a Permanently Refundable Child and Dependent Care Credit Affect Eligibility, Benefits, and Incentives?, Gabrielle Pepin
Source: Public Finance Review 50(1): 33-61
Publication: Journal Articles
The Effects of Welfare Time Limits on Access to Financial Resources: Evidence from the 2010s, Gabrielle Pepin
Source: Southern Economic Journal 88(4): 1343-1372
Publication: Journal Articles
Income Generation Through Entrepreneurship: SEED Initiative, Iliana G. Perez
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Protecting High-Risk Individuals Means Considering the Economic Cost of COVID-19, Julia Raifman and Aaron Sojourner
Source: Roosevelt Institute Blog, June 28, 2022
Publication: Periodical Articles
Credit Availability for Minority Business Owners in an Evolving Credit Environment: Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Mark E. Schweitzer and Brett Barkley
Publication: External Papers and Reports
When I'm 54: Working Longer Starts Younger than We Think, Beth C. Truesdale Editor, Lisa F. Berkman Editor, and Alexandra Mitukiewicz
Source: Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer, Lisa F. Berkman and Beth C. Truesdale, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. pp. 27-48
Publication: Book Chapters
Monopsony in the U.S. Labor Market, Chen Yeh, Claudia Macaluso, and Brad J. Hershbein
Source: American Economic Review 112(7): 2099-2138
Publication: Journal Articles
2021
Contract Work at Older Ages, Katharine G. Abraham, Brad J. Hershbein, and Susan N. Houseman
Source: Journal of Pension Economics & Finance 20(3): 426-447
Publication: Journal Articles
Why Are Older Workers Moving Less While Working Longer?, Brian J. Asquith
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Social Capital Determinants and Labor Market Networks, Brian J. Asquith, Judith K. Hellerstein, Mark J. Kutzbach, and David Neumark
Source: Journal of Regional Science 61(1): 212–260
Publication: Journal Articles
Early Childhood Programs are Key to a Stronger Michigan Post-COVID, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Bridge Michigan, March 12, 2021
Publication: Periodical Articles
Policy Versus Luck in Pittsburgh and Cleveland’s Economies, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Economic Development Quarterly 35(3): 179-180
Publication: Journal Articles
The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment and Completion, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, and Marta Lachowska
Source: The Journal of Human Resources 56(1): 269-310
Publication: Journal Articles
College Majors and Skills: Evidence from the Universe of Online Job Ads, Steven W. Hemelt, Brad J. Hershbein, Shawn Martin, and Kevin M. Stange
Publication: External Papers and Reports
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Evolving Impacts on the Labor Market: Who’s Been Hurt and What We Should Do, Brad J. Hershbein and Harry J. Holzer
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, Raffaele D. Saggio, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, Raffaele Saggio, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance, David S. Lee, Pauline Leung, Christopher J. O'Leary, Zhuan Pei, and Simon Quach
Source: Journal of Labor Economics 39(S2): S455-S506
Publication: Journal Articles
Michigan is Offering Free College for Essential Workers. The Rest of the Country Should Follow Suit, Max Lubin and Michelle Miller-Adams
Source: Business Insider, March 22, 2021
Publication: Periodical Articles
The Path to Free College: In Pursuit of Access, Equity, and Prosperity, Michelle Miller-Adams
Publication: Books
COVID-19 Recovery is the Time for Free College, Michelle Miller-Adams and John C. Austin
Source: The Hill, February 11, 2021
Publication: Periodical Articles
Effects of Job Referrals on Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil, Christopher J. O'Leary, Túlio Cravo, Ana Cristina Sierra, and Leandro Justino Veloso
Source: Economia 21(2): 157-186
Publication: Journal Articles
Child Care Tax Credit Can End No-Win Choice for Working Parents, Gabrielle Pepin
Source: The Hill, March 30, 2021
Publication: Periodical Articles
Nudges to Increase Completion of Welfare Applications: Experimental Evidence from Michigan, Gabrielle Pepin, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Dallas Oberlee
Source: Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 4(2): 1-8
Publication: Journal Articles
2020
Contract Work at Older Ages, Katharine G. Abraham, Brad J. Hershbein, and Susan N. Houseman
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Policies to Improve Workforce Services for Older Americans, Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Since Work Is Rare, It’s Time to Share, Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman
Source: The Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2020
Publication: Periodical Articles
Extending Unemployment Insurance Benefits to Workers in Precarious and Nonstandard Arrangements, Katharine G. Abraham, Susan N. Houseman, and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Why COVID-19 Hit Michigan So Hard, John C. Austin and Brad J. Hershbein
Publication: External Papers and Reports
The Best Medicine for a COVID-19 Economy? More Education and Training, John C. Austin and Michelle Miller-Adams
Source: The Hill, October 2, 2020
Publication: Periodical Articles
Helping Distressed Communities with a New Federal Block Grant and Curbs to Excessive Incentives, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Site Selection magazine, November 2020
Publication: Periodical Articles
Investments Needed to Help Localities Recover from Pandemic, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Virginia Economic Review (Second Quarter 2020): 54
Publication: Journal Articles
Reforming Economic Development Incentives, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Government Finance Review, April 2020
Publication: Periodical Articles
Smart Place-Based Policies Can Improve Local Labor Markets, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 39(3): 844-851
Publication: Journal Articles
Using Place-Based Jobs Policies to Help Distressed Communities, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Journal of Economic Perspectives 34(3): 99-127
Publication: Journal Articles
Major Decisions: What Graduates Earn Over Their Lifetimes, Kristen E. Broady and Brad J. Hershbein
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Heterogeneous Effects of Brazilian Unemployment Insurance Reforms on Layoffs, Túlio Cravo, Christopher J. O'Leary, Ana Cristina Sierra, and Leandro Justino Veloso
Source: Economics Letters 197: 109612
Publication: Journal Articles
How Many Americans Have Lost Jobs with Employer Health Coverage During the Pandemic?, Paul Fronstin and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: External Papers and Reports
From Time Use to Contingent Work to Labor Supply: Thoughts on the Contributions of Alan Kreuger, Michael Horrigan
Source: Business Economics 55: 10-17
Publication: Journal Articles
IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: United States, Susan N. Houseman
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Do Firm Effects Drift? Evidence from Washington Administrative Data, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, Raffaele D. Saggio, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Sources of Displaced Workers' Long-Term Earnings Losses, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Source: American Economic Review 110(10): 3231-3266
Publication: Journal Articles
Experience Rating and the Dynamics of Financing Unemployment Insurance, Marta Lachowska, Wayne Vroman, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Source: National Tax Journal 73(3): 673-698
Publication: Journal Articles
Unemployment Insurance and Means-Tested Program Interactions: Evidence from Administrative Data, Pauline Leung and Christopher J. O'Leary
Source: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12(2): 159-192
Publication: Journal Articles
Race to the Bottom? Local Tax Break Competition and Business Location, Evan Mast
Source: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 12(1): 288-317
Publication: Journal Articles
Tuition-Free College Plan is Smart Investment in Michigan’s Future, Michelle Miller-Adams
Source: Bridge Michigan, May 1, 2020
Publication: Periodical Articles
We Need Tuition-Free College. For Adults., Michelle Miller-Adams
Source: The New York Times, May 14, 2020
Publication: Periodical Articles
Measuring Alternative Work Arrangements for Research and Policy, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publication: Books
Longer-Run Effects of Anti-Poverty Policies on Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, David Neumark, Brian J. Asquith, and Brittany Bass
Source: Contemporary Economic Policy 38(3): 409-434
Publication: Journal Articles
Lessons from the American Federal‐State Unemployment Insurance System for a European Unemployment Benefits System, Christopher J. O'Leary, Burt S. Barnow, and Karolien Lenaerts
Source: International Social Security Review 73(1): 3-34
Publication: Journal Articles
Better Jobs, Longer Working Lives: Proposals to Improve the Low-Wage Labor Market for Older Workers, Beth C. Truesdale
Publication: External Papers and Reports
2019
Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income, Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman
Source: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 5(5): 110-131
Publication: Journal Articles
Housing Supply Dynamics under Rent Control: What Can Evictions Tell Us?, Brian J. Asquith
Publication: External Papers and Reports
U.S. Job Flows and the China Shock, Brian J. Asquith, Sanjana Goswami, David Neumark, and Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez
Source: Journal of International Economics 118: 123-137
Publication: Journal Articles
An Economic and Fiscal Impact Assessment of the Transformational Brownfield Plan Submitted by Paper City Development, LLC: Vicksburg Paper Mill Redevelopment Project, Gabriel Ehrlich, Donald Grimes, Michael McWilliams, and Jim Robey
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Heterogeneity in the Effect of Federal Spending on Local Crime: Evidence from Causal Forests, Ian Hoffman and Evan Mast
Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics 78: 103463
Publication: Journal Articles
Heterogeneity in the Effect of Federal Spending on Local Crime: Evidence from Causal Forests, Ian Hoffman and Evan Mast
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance, David S. Lee, Pauline Leung, Christopher J. O'Leary, Zhuan Pei, and Simon Quach
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance, David S. Lee, Pauline Leung, Christopher J. O'Leary, Zhuan Pei, and Simon Quach
Publication: External Papers and Reports
What the Free College Movement Can Learn from Kalamazoo, Michelle Miller-Adams
Source: Washington Monthly, August 23, 2019
Publication: Periodical Articles
How Promise Programs Can Help Former Industrial Communities, Michelle Miller-Adams and John C. Austin
Source: The Avenue, July 18, 2019
Publication: Periodical Articles
2018
US Fertility Rates and Childbearing in American Economic History, 1800-2010, Martha J. Bailey and Brad J. Hershbein
Source: The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History, Volume 1, Louis P. Cain, Price V. Fishback, and Paul W. Rhode, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. pp. 75-100
Publication: Book Chapters
Have We Reached Foxconn Level 5?, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Site Selection magazine, November 2018
Publication: Periodical Articles
Rethinking Tax Incentives, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Perspectives on Work 22: 62-64
Publication: Periodical Articles
College Does Help the Poor, Timothy J. Bartik and Brad J. Hershbein
Source: The New York Times, May 23, 2018
Publication: Periodical Articles
What Happens When the Insurer Can Say No? Assessing Prior Authorization as a Tool to Prevent High-Risk Prescriptions and to Lower Costs, Marcus Dillender
Source: Journal of Public Economics 165: 170-200
Publication: Journal Articles
An Economic and Fiscal Impact Assessment of the Transformational Brownfield Plan Submitted by Bedrock Management Services, LLC: Hudson’s Block, Monroe Blocks, One Campus Martius Expansion, and Book Building and Book Tower Redevelopment Project, Gabriel Ehrlich, Donald Grimes, Michael McWilliams, and Jim Robey
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Don’t Dismiss the Value of Free-College Programs. They Do Help Low-Income Students., Sara Goldrick-Rab and Michelle Miller-Adams
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 7, 2018
Publication: Periodical Articles
Discussion for JME Special Issue: APST Paper, Brad J. Hershbein
Source: Journal of Monetary Economics 97: 68-70
Publication: Journal Articles
Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change? Evidence from Vacancy Postings, Brad J. Hershbein and Lisa B. Kahn
Source: American Economic Review 108(7): 1737-72
Publication: Journal Articles
Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? What the Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong, Susan N. Houseman
Source: Foreign Affairs, September 7, 2018
Publication: Periodical Articles
Sources of Displaced Workers' Long-Term Earnings Losses, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: External Papers and Reports
The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure, Marta Lachowska and Michał Myck
Source: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 10(3): 284-308
Publication: Journal Articles
Longer-Run Effects of Anti-Poverty Policies on Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, David Neumark, Brian J. Asquith, and Brittany Bass
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Public Employment Policy for an Aging Workforce, Stephen A. Wandner, David E. Balducchi, and Christopher J. O'Leary
Source: Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 4
Publication: Journal Articles
2017
The Effect of Work First Job Placements on the Distribution of Earnings: An Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression Approach, David H. Autor, Susan N. Houseman, and Sari Pekkala Kerr
Source: Journal of Labor Economics 35(1): 149-190
Publication: Journal Articles
Charles Ballard Interview, Justin Carinci
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Erica Groshen Interview, Justin Carinci
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Using Behavioral Insights to Improve Take-Up of a Reemployment Program: Trial Design and Findings, Matthew Darling, Christopher J. O'Leary, Irma L. Perez-Johnson, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Kenneth J. Kline, Ben Damerow, Randall W. Eberts, Samia Amin, and Greg Chojnacki
Publication: External Papers and Reports
English Skills and the Health Insurance Coverage of Immigrants, Marcus Dillender
Source: American Journal of Health Economics 3(3): 312-345
Publication: Journal Articles
Medicaid, Family Spending, and the Financial Implications of Crowd-Out, Marcus Dillender
Source: Journal of Health Economics 53: 1-16
Publication: Journal Articles
Valuing a Mature Highway System: In Search of the Holy Grail, Randall W. Eberts
Source: TR News 309 (May-June 2017): 24-29
Publication: Periodical Articles
The Great Recession Drastically Changed the Skills Employers Want, Brad J. Hershbein and Lisa B. Kahn
Source: Harvard Business Review, October 4, 2017
Publication: Periodical Articles
Demonstration and Evaluation of the Short-Time Compensation Program in Iowa and Oregon: Final Report, Susan N. Houseman, Christopher J. O'Leary, Katharine G. Abraham, Frank Bennici, Susan Labin, and Richard Sigman
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Information Frictions & Insurer Plan Design: Evidence from Medicare Advantage, Raymond Kluender and Evan Mast
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Outside Options and Wages: What Can We Learn from Subjective Assessments?, Marta Lachowska
Source: Empirical Economics 52(1): 79-121
Publication: Journal Articles
The Effect of Income on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from the 2008 Economic Stimulus Tax Rebates, Marta Lachowska
Source: The Journal of Human Resources 52(2): 374-417
Publication: Journal Articles
Adequacy of Workers' Compensation Income Benefits in Michigan, Bogdan Savych and H. Allan Hunt
Publication: External Papers and Reports
A Comparative Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Financing Methods, Wayne Vroman, Elaine Maag, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: External Papers and Reports
2016
Labor-Demand-Side Economic Development Incentives and Urban Opportunity, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Shared Prosperity in America's Communities, Susan M. Wachter and Lei Ding, eds. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. pp. 129-150
Publication: Book Chapters