2024
Race and the Manufacturing Workforce: Opportunities to Expand Growth and Equity in a Rebounding Industry Sector, Benjamin Armstrong, Matthew D. Wilson, and Nichola Lowe
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy Papers
Place Distress and Job Growth: Are Recent Job Growth Trends Significantly More Favorable for Distressed Counties?, Timothy J. Bartik, Kathleen Bolter, and Kyle Huisman
Publication: Reports
The Effect of Franchise No-Poaching Restrictions On Worker Earnings, Brian Callaci, Matthew Gibson, Sérgio Pinto, Marshall Steinbaum, and Matt Walsh
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility: Evidence from World War II, Andrew Garin and Jonathan Rothbaum
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Sustainability Practices, Policies, and Business Models of Web-Based Innovation Platforms: Lessons Learned for the Ohio Innovation Exchange (OIEx), Iryna V. Lendel and Megan Zabik
Publication: Reports
The National-Level Economic Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP): Estimates for Fiscal Year 2023, Brian Pittelko, Iryna V. Lendel, Sevrin Williams, Gunnar Ingle, Sasha Kolomensky, and Kyle Crane
Publication: Reports
Projecting the Demand for Workers in the Production of Lithium-Ion Batteries in the United States, Erik Vasilauskas, Dakota McCracken, and Michael Horrigan
Publication: Reports
2023
Employment, Income, and Poverty in Kalamazoo City Core Neighborhoods, Val Klomparens
Publication: Reports
Southwest Michigan Wage and Benefits Survey: Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, and Branch Counties, Dakota McCracken, Val Gipper, and Michael Horrigan
Publication: Reports
The National-Level Economic Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP): Estimates for Fiscal Year 2022, Brian Pittelko, Iryna V. Lendel, Kassim Mbwana, and Kami Ehrich
Publication: Reports
How the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Can Anchor U.S. Workforce Development, Matthew D. Wilson, Nichola Lowe, Greg Schrock, Rumana Rabbani, and Allison Forbes
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
How the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Can Anchor U.S. Workforce Development, Matthew D. Wilson, Nichola Lowe, Greg Schrock, Rumana Rabbani, and Allison Forbes
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
2022
Centering Work: Integration and Diffusion of Workforce Development within the U.S. Manufacturing Extension Network, Nichola Lowe, Greg Schrock, Matthew D. Wilson, Rumana Rabbani, and Allison Forbes
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Economic Impact of the Montcalm County Wind Energy Project, Jim Robey
Publication: Reports
2021
Automation Workforce Productivity. How Illinois Manufacturers are Adopting Advanced Technologies: An Insight Report on Automation, Workforce, and Productivity, Kathleen Bolter, Nicholas Martens, Kenneth Voytek, and Jim Robey
Publication: Reports
The National-Level Economic Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP): Estimates for Fiscal Year 2020, Jim Robey, Kathleen Bolter, Natalie Patten, and Edison Rolle
Publication: Reports
2020
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
Estimating the Economic Impacts of Gull Lake View Golf Club and Resort, Jim Robey, Stephen Biddle, Claudette Robey, Marie Holler, Brian Pittelko, and Kathleen Bolter
Publication: Reports
The Economic Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), 2018, Jim Robey and Kathleen Bolter
Publication: Reports
The National-Level Economic Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP): Estimates for Fiscal Year 2019, Jim Robey, Kathleen Bolter, Randall W. Eberts, Natalie Patten, and Nick Perttunen
Publication: Reports
Estimating the Impacts of Business Assistance Programs: The Case of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and Multi-Year Estimates, Jim Robey, Randall W. Eberts, and Kenneth Voytek
Publication: Presentations
2019
The National-Level Economic Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP): Estimates for Fiscal Year 2018, Jim Robey, Randall W. Eberts, Brian Pittelko, and Claudette Robey
Publication: Reports
2018
Helping Manufacturing-Intensive Communities: What Works?, Timothy J. Bartik
Publication: Reports
What Works to Help Manufacturing-Intensive Local Economies?, Timothy J. Bartik
Publication: Upjohn Institute Technical Reports
The National-Level Economic Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP): Estimates for Fiscal Year 2017, Jim Robey, Randall W. Eberts, Kathleen Bolter, Marie Holler, Brian Pittelko, and Claudette Robey
Publication: Reports
2017
The National-Level Economic Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), Jim Robey, Randall W. Eberts, Kathleen Bolter, Marie Holler, Nicholas Marsh, Brian Pittelko, and Claudette Robey
Publication: Reports
2015
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
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Measuring Manufacturing : How the Computer and Semiconductor Industries Affect the Numbers and Perceptions, Susan N. Houseman, Editor; Timothy J. Bartik; and Timothy Sturgeon
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Occupational Outlook for the Construction Industry in the Greater Grand Rapids-Holland-Muskegon Region, Brian Pittelko and George A. Erickcek
Publication: Reports
2014
Barriers and Opportunities for Entrepreneurship in Older Industrial Regions, Ziona Austrian and Merissa C. Piazza
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Entrepreneurial Initiatives in Chinese Markets: Why They Are Important and What Firms Need to Know, Chieh-Chen Bowen
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
The Road through the Rust Belt: From Preeminence to Decline to Prosperity, William M. Bowen Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press
Midwestern Urban and Regional Responses to Global Economic Transition, William M. Bowen and Kelly L. Kinahan
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Reasons for Misgivings about Local Economic Development Initiatives, William M. Bowen and Chang-Shik Song
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Lost a Step: The Great Lakes Region and Entrepreneurship, David R. Elkins
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Introduction [to The Road through the Rust Belt], Edward W. Hill
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Measuring Manufacturing: How the Computer and Semiconductor Industries Affect the Numbers and Perceptions, Susan N. Houseman, Timothy J. Bartik, and Timothy Sturgeon
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
The Evolution of Clusters and Implications for the Revival of Old Industrial Cities, Haifeng Qian
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Distinctly Cleveland: How the Arts are Helping to Revitalize Rust Belt Cities, Gregory M. Sadlek and Joan Chase
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
2013
Michigan's Auto Workers: Tracking their Transition during Significant Industry Restructuring, Randall W. Eberts
Publication: Conference Papers
Michigan's Displaced Auto Workers: Using Administrative Data to Track Their Transition during Significant Industry Restructuring, Randall W. Eberts
Publication: Conference Papers
Tracking the Transition of Michigan's Displaced Auto Workers During Significant Restructuring in the Auto Industry, Randall W. Eberts and Kenneth J. Kline
Publication: Reports
State Incentives for Innovation, Star Scientists, and Jobs: Evidence from Biotech, Enrico Moretti and Daniel J. Wilson
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
2012
An Analysis of the Employment Effects of the Washington High Technology Business and Occupation (B&O) Tax Credit: Technical Report, Timothy J. Bartik and Kevin M. Hollenbeck
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Employment Effects of the Washington High Technology Business and Occupation Tax Credit, Timothy J. Bartik and Kevin M. Hollenbeck
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Manufacturers' Outsourcing to Staffing Services, Matthew Dey, Susan N. Houseman, and Anne E. Polivka
Publication: Journal Articles
The Debate over the State of U.S. Manufacturing: How the Computer Industry Affects the Numbers and Perceptions, Susan N. Houseman
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms, Albert N. Link and John T. Scott
Publication: Upjohn Press
Introduction [to Employment Growth], Albert N. Link and John T. Scott
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
2011
Offshoring Bias in U.S. Manufacturing, Susan N. Houseman, Christopher Kurz, Paul Lengermann, and Benjamin R. Mandel
Publication: Journal Articles
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
Publication: Journal Articles
2010
Higher Education, the Health Care Industry and Metropolitan Regional Economic Development: What Can "Eds & Meds" Do for the Economic Fortunes of a Metro Area’s Residents?, Timothy J. Bartik and George A. Erickcek
Publication: Conference Papers
Auto Workers and Their Communities: What We Know, Don't Know, and Would Like to Know, Randall W. Eberts
Publication: Conference Papers
Use of Administrative Data to Track Employees and Firms: The Case of Auto Workers and Their Communities, Randall W. Eberts
Publication: Conference Papers
The Economic Impact of Oaklawn Hospital on the Marshall Area, George A. Erickcek
Publication: Reports
Economic Impact of Pharmacia on Kalamazoo County in 2000, George A. Erickcek and Brad R. Watts
Publication: Reports
The Economic Impact of Oaklawn Hospital on the Marshall Area, George A. Erickcek and Brad R. Watts
Publication: Reports
Sectoral Approaches to Workforce Development: Toward an Effective U.S. Labor-Market Policy, Robert W. Glover and Christopher T. King
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Offshoring Bias in U.S. Manufacturing: Implications for Productivity and Value Added, Susan N. Houseman, Christopher J. Kurz, Paul A. Lengermann, and Benjamin R. Mandel
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Offshoring and the State of American Manufacturing, Susan N. Houseman, Christopher Kurz, Paul A. Lengermann, and Benjamin R. Mandel
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Design and Economic Growth in West Michigan: Survey Findings, Brad R. Watts and George A. Erickcek
Publication: Reports
2009
Where Have All the Michigan Auto Jobs Gone?, Randall W. Eberts and George A. Erickcek
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy?: Business Organization and High-Tech Employment in the United States, William Lazonick
Publication: Upjohn Press
What Should EDA Fund? Developing a Model for Pre-Assessment of Economic Development Investments, Brad R. Watts, George A. Erickcek, Jacob Duritsky, Kevin O'Brien, Claudette Robey, and Jim Robey
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
2008
"Eds and Meds" and Metropolitan Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik and George A. Erickcek
Publication: Book Chapters
"Eds & Meds" and Metropolitan Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik and George A. Erickcek
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
The Local Economic Impact of "Eds & Meds": How Policies to Expand Universities and Hospitals Affect Metropolitan Economies, Timothy J. Bartik and George A. Erickcek
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Economic Impact of Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport, George A. Erickcek and Brad R. Watts
Publication: Reports
Who Really Made Your Car?, Thomas H. Klier and James M. Rubenstein
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Who Really Made Your Car?: Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry, Thomas H. Klier and James M. Rubenstein
Publication: Upjohn Press
The Parts of Your Vehicle, Thomas Klier and James Rubenstein
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
2007
Entrepreneurship, Geography, and American Economic Growth by Zoltán Ács, and Catherine Armington, Timothy J. Bartik Reviewer
Publication: Reviews
Higher Education, the Health Care Industry, and Metropolitan Regional Economic Development: What Can "Eds & Meds" Do for the Economic Fortunes of a Metro Area's Residents?, Timothy J. Bartik and George A. Erickcek
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Outsourcing to Staffing Services: How Manufacturers' Use of Staffing Agencies Affects Employment and Productivity Measurement, Matthew Dey, Susan N. Houseman, and Anne E. Polivka
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Externalisation, Délocalisations et Mesurede la Productivité dans L'Industrieaux Etats-Unis, Susan N. Houseman
Publication: Journal Articles
Outsourcing, Offshoring and Productivity Measurement in United States Manufacturing, Susan N. Houseman
Publication: Journal Articles
Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Productivity Measurement in U.S. Manufacturing, Susan N. Houseman
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Subcontratación y Medición de la Productividad en la Industria Estadounidense, Susan N. Houseman
Publication: Journal Articles
2006
Manufacturers' Outsourcing to Employment Services, Matthew Dey, Susan N. Houseman, and Anne E. Polivka
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
2004
Kalamazoo County: Looking to our Past for the Future, George A. Erickcek
Publication: Reports
2003
Thoughts on American Manufacturing Decline and Revitalization, Timothy J. Bartik
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Thoughts on American Manufacturing Decline and Revitalization, Timothy J. Bartik
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Basic Aluminum, Richard N. Block, Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Auto Assembly, Richard N. Block Editor and Peter Berg
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
The Effects of Temporary Services and Contracting Out on Low-Skilled Workers: Evidence from Auto Suppliers, Hospitals, and Public Schools, George A. Erickcek, Susan N. Houseman, and Arne L. Kalleberg
Publication: Book Chapters
Automobile Parts, Michael L. Moore and Richard N. Block, Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Health Care, Michael J. Polzin and Peter Berg
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Economic Impact of State Farm Insurance’s Michigan Operations Center on the Marshall Area and Calhoun County, Brad R. Watts
Publication: Reports
2002
Start-Up Factories: High Performance Management, Job Quality, and Regional Advantage, Peter Doeringer, Christine Evans-Klock, and David G. Terkla
Publication: Books
Temporary Employment in Auto Supply, George A. Erickcek, Susan N. Houseman, and Arne L. Kalleberg
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
The Effects of Temporary Services and Contracting Out on Low-Skilled Workers: Evidence from Auto Suppliers, Hospitals, and Public Schools, George A. Erickcek, Susan N. Houseman, and Arne L. Kalleberg
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Economic Impact of Pharmacia on Kalamazoo County in 2001, George A. Erickcek and Brad R. Watts
Publication: Reports
Profiling in Self-Employment Assistance Programs, Jon C. Messenger, Carolyn Peterson-Vaccaro, Wayne Vroman, Jacob M. Benus, and Wayne Gordon
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
2001
Deregulation and Restructuring in Telecommunications Services in the United States and Germany, Rosemary L. Batt and Owen Darbishire
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
National Institutional Frameworks and Innovative Industrial Organization, Steven Casper
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
The Nature and Determinants of Service Sector Growth in the United States, Randall W. Eberts and George A. Erickcek
Publication: Book Chapters
Economic Impact of Pharmacia on Kalamazoo County in 1999, George A. Erickcek
Publication: Reports
"Smart" Economic Development, George A. Erickcek
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Differences in Bank and Credit Union Capital Needs, David Marshall Smith and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: External Papers and Reports
2000
The Impact of Sports Teams and Facilities on Neighborhood Economies: What is the Score?, Robert Allen Baade
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters