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2019

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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

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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
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2018

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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, Paul W. Rhode, eds. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, pp. 75-100
Publication: Book Chapters

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College Does Help the Poor, Timothy J. Bartik and Brad J. Hershbein
Source: The New York Times, May 23, 2018
Publication: Periodical Articles

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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(2018): 170-200
Publication: Journal Articles

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Discussion for JME Special Issue: APST Paper, Brad J. Hershbein
Source: Journal of Monetary Economics 97(2018): 68-70
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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
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Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? What the Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong, Susan N. Houseman
Source: Foreign Affairs, September 7, 2018
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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

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Longer-Run Effects of Anti-Poverty Policies on Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, David Neumark, Brian J. Asquith, and Brittany Bass
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Public Employment Policy for an Aging Workforce, Stephen A. Wandner, David E. Balducchi, and Christopher J. O'Leary
Source: Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 4(2018)
Publication: Journal Articles

2017

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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
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Charles Ballard Interview, Justin Carinci
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Erica Groshen Interview, Justin Carinci
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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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

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English Skills and the Health Insurance Coverage of Immigrants, Marcus Dillender
Source: American Journal of Health Economics 3(3): 312-345
Publication: Journal Articles

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Medicaid, Family Spending, and the Financial Implications of Crowd-Out, Marcus Dillender
Source: Journal of Health Economics 53(May 2017): 1-16
Publication: Journal Articles

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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

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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

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Heterogeneity in the Effect of Federal Spending on Local Crime: Evidence from Causal Forests, Ian Hoffman and Evan Mast
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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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

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Information Frictions & Insurer Plan Design: Evidence from Medicare Advantage, Raymond Kluender and Evan Mast
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Outside Options and Wages: What Can We Learn from Subjective Assessments?, Marta Lachowska
Source: Empirical Economics 52(1): 79-121
Publication: Journal Articles

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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

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Adequacy of Workers' Compensation Income Benefits in Michigan, Bogdan Savych and H. Allan Hunt
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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

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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, pp. 129-150
Publication: Book Chapters

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The Merits of Universal Scholarships: Benefit-Cost Evidence from the Kalamazoo Promise, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, and Marta Lachowska
Source: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 7(3): 400-433
Publication: Journal Articles

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Encouragement Emails Increase Participation in Reemployment Services, Matthew Darling, Christopher J. O'Leary, Irma L. Perez-Johnson, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Kenneth J. Kline, Ben Damerow, and Randall W. Eberts
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Social Security and Divorce, Marcus Dillender
Source: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 16(2): 931-971
Publication: Journal Articles

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The Impact of a Closed Formulary on Prescribing Patterns in the Treatment of Injured Workers, Marcus Dillender
Source: Economics Letters 145(2016): 88-91
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Health Insurance Reform and Part-Time Work: Evidence from Massachusetts, Marcus O. Dillender, Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Susan N. Houseman
Source: Labour Economics 43(2016): 151-158
Publication: Journal Articles

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U.S. Employment Outlook for 2016, Randall W. Eberts
Source: International Labor Brief 14(2)(2016): 4-17. English prepublication version
Publication: Periodical Articles

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Evaluation of the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants: Interim Findings on Multiagency Collaboration and Cluster Progress, Megan Hague Angus, Jeanne Bellotti, Kevin Hollenbeck, and Brittany English
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Expenditure and Confidence: Using Daily Data to Identify Shocks to Consumer Confidence, Marta Lachowska
Source: Oxford Economic Papers 68(4): 920-944
Publication: Journal Articles

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Effects of the Unemployment Insurance Work Test on Long-Term Employment Outcomes, Marta Lachowska, Merve Meral, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Source: Labour Economics 41(2016): 246-265
Publication: Journal Articles

2015

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How Effects of Local Labor Demand Shocks Vary with the Initial Local Unemployment Rate, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Growth and Change 46(4): 529-557
Publication: Journal Articles

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The Social Value of Job Loss and Its Effect on the Costs of U.S. Environmental Regulations, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 9(2): 179-197
Publication: Journal Articles

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Health Insurance and Labor Force Participation: What Legal Recognition Does for Same-Sex Couples, Marcus Dillender
Source: Contemporary Economic Policy 33(2): 381-394
Publication: Journal Articles

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The Effect of Health Insurance on Workers' Compensation Filing: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act's Age-Based Threshold for Dependent Coverage, Marcus Dillender
Source: Journal of Health Economics 43(September 2015): 204-228
Publication: Journal Articles

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The Effect of Medicare Eligibility on Spousal Insurance Coverage, Marcus Dillender and Karen Mulligan
Source: Health Economics 25(5): 591-605
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Toward a More Intelligent Workforce Development System, Randall W. Eberts
Source: Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century. Carl Van Horn, Tammy Edwards, Todd Greene, eds. Atlanta, GA: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2015. pp. 383-410.
Publication: Book Chapters

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Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED), Nancy Hewat and Kevin Hollenbeck
Source: Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century. Carl Van Horn, Tammy Edwards, Todd Greene, eds. Atlanta, GA: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2015. pp. 325-339.
Publication: Book Chapters

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Promoting Retention or Reemployment of Workers after a Significant Injury or Illness, Kevin Hollenbeck
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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The Effects of Eliminating the Work Search Requirement on Job Match Quality and Other Long-Term Employment Outcomes, Marta Lachowska, Merve Meral, and Stephen A. Woodbury
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Selected Public Workforce Development Programs in the United States: Lessons Learned for Older Workers, Stephen A. Wandner, David E. Balducchi, and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: External Papers and Reports

2014

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Short-Time Compensation as a Tool to Mitigate Job Loss? Evidence on the U.S. Experience During the Recent Recession, Katharine G. Abraham and Susan Houseman
Source: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 53(4): 543-567
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Proposal 12: Encouraging Work Sharing to Reduce Unemployment, Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman
Source: Policies to Address Poverty in America, Melissa S. Kearney and Benjamin H. Harris, eds. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution. 2014.
Publication: Book Chapters

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Is There a Case for a "Second Demographic Transition"?: Three Distinctive Features of the Post-1960 US Fertility Decline, Martha J. Bailey, Melanie Guldi, and Brad J. Hershbein
Source: Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah P. Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, eds. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2014. pp. 273-312
Publication: Book Chapters

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The Economic Payoffs of Early Childhood Education, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Family Focus on Early Childhood (Summer 2014): F3-4
Publication: Periodical Articles

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Simulating the Effects of the Tax Credit Program of the Michigan Economic Growth Authority on Job Creation and Fiscal Benefits, Timothy J. Bartik and George Erickcek
Source: Economic Development Quarterly 28(4): 314-327
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The Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship, Timothy J. Bartik and Marta Lachowska
Source: EducationNext 14(2): 72-78
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Health Insurance Tax Credits, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Health Insurance Coverage of Single Mothers, Merve Cebi and Stephen A. Woodbury
Source: Health Economics 23(5): 501-515
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Do More Health Insurance Options Lead to Higher Wages? Evidence from States Extending Dependent Coverage, Marcus Dillender
Source: Journal of Health Economics 36(1): 84-97
Publication: Journal Articles

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Employment and Skills Strategies in the United States: OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation, Randall W. Eberts
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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U.S. Employment Outlook for 2014: Can the U.S. Economy Stand on Its Own?, Randall W. Eberts
Source: International Labor Brief 12(2)(2014): 5-16. English prepublication version
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Improving the Implementation and Effectiveness of Out-of-School-Time Tutoring, Carolyn J. Heinrich, Patricia Burch, Annalee Good, Rudy Acosta, Huiping Cheng, Marcus Dillender, Christi Kirshbaum, Hiren Nisar, and Mary Stewart
Source: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 33(2):471-494
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College Costs: Students Can't Afford Not to Know, Brad J. Hershbein and Kevin Hollenbeck
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Temporary Agency Work, Susan N. Houseman
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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The Role of Manufacturing in a Jobs Recovery, Susan N. Houseman
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Full Employment Requires Job Growth in Manufacturing, Reduction in Trade Deficit | Commentary, Susan N. Houseman and Dean Baker
Source: CQ Roll Call, April 2, 2014
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Transportation Investments in Response to Economic Downturns, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Economic and Employment Benefits of Transportation Investments in Response to Economic Downturns and Randall W. Eberts , Contributor
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Financing Unemployment Insurance, Wayne Vroman and Stephen A. Woodbury
Source: National Tax Journal, 67(1): 253-268
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Public Workforce Programs during the Great Recession, Stephen A. Wandner and Randall W. Eberts
Source: Monthly Labor Review (July 2014): 1-18
Publication: Journal Articles

2013

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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Poverty, edited by Philip N. Jefferson, Timothy J. Bartik, Reviewer
Source: Journal of Regional Science 53(4): 728-730
Publication: Reviews

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Early Childhood Programs as an Economic Development Tool: Investing Early to Prepare the Future Workforce, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Preparing Wisconsin's Youth for Success in the Workforce. Madison, WI: Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars, 2013. pp. 27-41
Publication: Book Chapters

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The Short-Term Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes, Timothy J. Bartik and Marta Lachowska
Source: New Analyses of Worker Well-Being, Research in Labor Economics, Volume 38, Solomon W. Polachek and Konstantinos Tatsiramos, eds. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013. pp. 37-76
Publication: Book Chapters

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U.S. Employment Outlook for 2013, Randall W. Eberts
Source: International Labor Brief 11(2)(2013): 4-14. English prepublication version
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The Impact of Marginal Business Taxes on State Manufacturing, Richard Funderburg, Timothy J. Bartik, Alan H. Peters, and Peter S. Fisher
Source: Journal of Regional Science 53(4): 557-582
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Retiree Health Benefits as Deferred Compensation: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study, James Marton and Stephen A. Woodbury
Source: Public Finance Review 41(1): 64-91
Publication: Journal Articles

2012

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Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Workforce Development and Unemployment Insurance Provisions, Burt S. Barnow, Jing Cai, Yvette Chocolaad, Randall W. Eberts, Richard A. Hobbie, Joyce Kaiser, Tara Smith, John Trutko, Wayne Vroman, and Stephen A. Wandner
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What Do Early Childhood Programs Do? What Could They Do? [review of Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life: A Human Capital Integration, Arthur J. Reynolds, Arthur J. Rolnick, Michelle N. Englund, and Judy A. Temple, eds.], Timothy J. Bartik, Reviewer
Source: Educational Researcher 41(1): 29-31
Publication: Reviews

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Including Jobs in Benefit-Cost Analysis, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Annual Review of Resource Economics 4: 55-73
Publication: Journal Articles

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The Future of State and Local Economic Development Policy: What Research Is Needed, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Growth and Change 43(4): 545-562
Publication: Journal Articles

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The Roles of Tax Incentives and Other Business Incentives in Local Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik and Randall W. Eberts
Source: The Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning, Nancy Brooks, Kieran Donaghy, and Gerrit-Jan Knaap, eds. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012. pp. [634]-654
Publication: Book Chapters

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Earnings Benefits of Tulsa's Pre-K program for Different Income Groups, Timothy J. Bartik, William T. Gormley, and Shirley Adelstein
Source: Economics of Education Review 31(6): 1143-1161
Publication: Journal Articles

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Manufacturers' Outsourcing to Staffing Services, Matthew Dey, Susan N. Houseman, and Anne E. Polivka
Source: Industrial & Labor Relations Review 65(3): [533]-559
Publication: Journal Articles

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Integrating Skills, Employment and Local Development, Randall W. Eberts
Source: Skills Development Pathways in Asia: Employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia initiative (ESSSA), Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Kyungsoo Choi, eds. Paris: OECD, 2012. pp. 49-54
Publication: Book Chapters

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Data Analysis of the Implementation of the Recovery Act: Workforce Development and Unemployment Insurance Provisions, Randall W. Eberts and Stephen A. Wandner
Source: Workforce Development and Unemployment Insurance Provisions: Final Report. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, pp. 237-277
Publication: Book Chapters

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Graduating High School in a Recession: Work, Education, and Home Production, Brad J. Hershbein
Source: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 12(1): 1-30
Publication: Journal Articles

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The Role of the Workforce Development System in the Economic Development of Urban Areas, Kevin Hollenbeck
Source: The Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning, Nancy Brooks, Kieran Donaghy, and Gerrit-Jan Knaap, eds. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012. pp. [616]-633
Publication: Book Chapters

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Will an Increased Focus on the Market Economy and Global Competition in K-12 Public Education Prepare Students to Succeed Economically?, Kevin M. Hollenbeck and Casey E. George-Jackson
Source: School Governance, Volume 7 Debating Issues in American Education, Richard C. Hunter, Frank Brown, Saran Dohahoo eds. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 208-224
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Effects of NAFTA on US Employment and Policy Responses, Christopher J. O'Leary, Randall W. Eberts, and Brian Pittelko
Publication: External Papers and Reports

2011

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Framework and Tools for Assessing and Understanding the Green Economy at the Local Level, Randall W. Eberts
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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When will US Employment Recover from the Great Recession?, Randall W. Eberts
Source: International Labor Brief 9(2) (January 2011): 4-12. English prepublication version
Publication: Periodical Articles

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The Interaction of Workforce Development Programs and Unemployment Compensation by Individuals with Disabilities in Washington State, Kevin M. Hollenbeck
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Offshoring and Import Price Measurement, Susan N. Houseman
Source: Survey of Current Business (February 2011): 7-11
Publication: Journal Articles

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Offshoring Bias in U.S. Manufacturing, Susan N. Houseman, Christopher Kurz, Paul Lengermann, and Benjamin R. Mandel
Source: Journal of Economic Perspectives 25(2): 111-132
Publication: Journal Articles

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Not All Productivity Gains Are the Same. Here's Why., Michael J. Mandel and Susan N. Houseman
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Climate Change, Employment and Local Development in Poland, Gabriela Miranda, Randall W. Eberts, Elvira González, Vanessa Foo, and Przemyslaw Kulawczuk
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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What Should EDA Fund? Developing a Model for Preassessment of Economic Development Investments, Brad R. Watts, George A. Erickcek, Jacob Duritsky, Kevin O'Brien, Claudette Robey, and Jim Robey
Source: Economic Development Quarterly 25(1): 65-78
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An Agenda for Future Research: Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for the 21st Century, Stephen A. Woodbury and Margaret C. Simms
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for the 21st Century: A Roundtable Report, Stephen A. Woodbury and Margaret C. Simms
Publication: External Papers and Reports

2010

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Do Temporary-Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from "Work First", David H. Autor and Susan N. Houseman
Source: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2(3): 96–128
Publication: Journal Articles

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Bringing Jobs to People: How Federal Policy Can Target Job Creation for Economically Distressed Areas, Timothy J. Bartik
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Not All Job Creation Tax Credits are Created Equal, Timothy J. Bartik
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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Small Business Start-Ups in the United States: Estimates of the Effects of Characteristics of States, Timothy J. Bartik
Source: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Zoltan J. Acs, ed. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2010. pp. 155-169
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Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine, J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Álmos Telegdy
Source: The Economic Journal, 120(545): 683-708
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Innovation, Adoption, Ownership, and Productivity: Evidence from Ukraine, J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Hanna Vakhitova, and Vitaliy Zheka
Publication: External Papers and Reports

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What Do We Know about Contracting Out in the United States? Evidence from Household and Establishment Surveys, Matthew Dey, Susan N. Houseman, and Anne E. Polivka
Source: Labor in the New Economy, Katharine G. Abraham, James R. Spletzer, and Michael J. Harper, eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. pp. 267-304
Publication: Book Chapters