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Full-Text Articles in Labor Economics
Benchmarking Study Of The Small Business Environment In Saginaw County, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts
Benchmarking Study Of The Small Business Environment In Saginaw County, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts
Reports
No abstract provided.
Quality Of Life And Diversity In The Benton Harbor Metropolitan Area: Findings And Suggestions In Attracting Professional Workers, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts
Quality Of Life And Diversity In The Benton Harbor Metropolitan Area: Findings And Suggestions In Attracting Professional Workers, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts
Reports
No abstract provided.
State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have They Worked?, Alan H. Peters, Peter S. Fisher
State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have They Worked?, Alan H. Peters, Peter S. Fisher
Upjohn Press
Peters and Fisher evaluate 75 EZs located in 13 states to gain an understanding of the overall effectiveness of state enterprise zones. Faced with a paucity of data on EZs that could be used in standard economic analysis, the authors employ a hypothetical firm model in which they apply various EZ and non-EZ incentives to financial statements created for a set of "typical" firms. Observing the impacts of both types of incentives on firms' financial statements allow Peters and Fisher to predict the firms' resulting behavior. Between these findings and the data accumulated from actual EZs, they are able to …
Rural Community Economic Leadership By People With Disabilities, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Rural Community Economic Leadership By People With Disabilities, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Employment
The lack of employment opportunities for people with disabilities is a major problem according to vocational rehabilitation (VR) service providers, American Indian Section 121 employment programs, and people with disabilities (Arnold, Seekins, & Nelson, 1997). This is particularly true in rural areas where local businesses struggle to create enough quality jobs for community members, including people with disabilities. In the face of this challenge, rural residents with and without disabilities frequently opt to pursue self-employment. Yet, VR and Section 121 programs are often confused about existing business opportunities and their potential for success. There are established procedures to analyze markets …
St. Joseph County Benchmarking Study, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts
St. Joseph County Benchmarking Study, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts
Reports
No abstract provided.
Financing And Promoting Small-Scale Industries. Concept, Issues And Prospects., C. M. Anyanwu
Financing And Promoting Small-Scale Industries. Concept, Issues And Prospects., C. M. Anyanwu
Bullion
The importance of small-scale industries in promoting industrialization and economic growth has been recognized globally. This paper discusses the concepts and issues that are associated with the financing and promoting of small scale industries. Nigeria is blessed with vast natural resources, including oil, gas and solid minerals, already confirmed to exist in commercial quantities. Small-scale industries development can be used for achieving the objectives of the poverty alleviation programme of the Government, given that they are highly labour intensive. Nigeria is blessed with vast natural resources, including oil, gas and solid minerals, already confirmed to exist in commercial quantities. She …
Rural Economic Development: Worker Cooperatives And Employment Of People With Disabilities Part Three, Charles Sperry, Joyce Brusin, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Rural Economic Development: Worker Cooperatives And Employment Of People With Disabilities Part Three, Charles Sperry, Joyce Brusin, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Employment
The opportunities for self-empowerment and economic justice found in the worker cooperative structure may be especially relevant for people with disabilities, who as a population tend to experience extraordinarily high rates of unemployment. People with disabilities already successfully engage in a wide range of employment and self-employment situations (Seekins & Arnold, 1996; Shelley, 1999). Employment within a worker cooperative structure carries many benefits for people with disabilities and requires only a few carefully structured adaptations. Benefits include fair wages and an equitable share of profits; authority to manage the business in the best interest of the worker-members; a community-friendly business …
Rural Economic Development: A Stewardship Model For Organizing Worker Cooperatives Part Two, Charles Sperry, Joyce Brusin, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Rural Economic Development: A Stewardship Model For Organizing Worker Cooperatives Part Two, Charles Sperry, Joyce Brusin, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Employment
Worker cooperative corporations are a particular way of organizing business and employment opportunities. They usually involve a for-profit business that is owned by the worker-members who are employed there. A worker cooperative must perform the same major functions as any other organized business. It must obtain sufficient financing, manage its personnel, and produce and market its product or service. Its staff engage in the same management activities as any other business: planning, staffing, controlling, organizing, and leading.
Rural Economic Development: Worker Cooperatives And Employment Of People With Disabilities Part One, Charles Sperry, Joyce Brusin, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Rural Economic Development: Worker Cooperatives And Employment Of People With Disabilities Part One, Charles Sperry, Joyce Brusin, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Employment
Across America, rural communities are looking for vibrant and stable local economies that will allow them to preserve the best qualities of their rural life in the face of rapid and relentless global economic change. The impacts of economic decline in rural America over the last two decades have been worsened by multiplier effects. Lost income has led to lost purchasing power, which has led to business closures; population loss has followed, resulting in downsizing of schools and hospitals and ultimately, in disintegration of communities themselves (Magdoff 1993; The Futurist, 1989).
Bidding For Business: The Efficacy Of Local Economic Development Incentives In A Metropolitan Area, John E. Anderson, Robert W. Wassmer
Bidding For Business: The Efficacy Of Local Economic Development Incentives In A Metropolitan Area, John E. Anderson, Robert W. Wassmer
Upjohn Press
Anderson and Wassmer examine the use and effectiveness of local economic development incentives within a specific region, the Detroit metropolitan area. The Detroit area serves as a good example, they say, because of the area's 20-plus year track record of its communities offering the gamut of economic incentives aimed at redirecting economic activity and jobs. The evidence they uncover reveals factors that drive cities not just in this Southeast Michigan area, but nationwide to offer particular types of incentives that are more or less generous than those offered by their neighbors.
Ingham County Economic Development Policy Assessment And Organization Implementation, George A. Erickcek, Gove Associates, Inc., W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research
Ingham County Economic Development Policy Assessment And Organization Implementation, George A. Erickcek, Gove Associates, Inc., W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research
Reports
This report provides an independent assessment of Ingham County's current economic development policy and offers recommendations on how to make the county's role in economic development more effective.
Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States And Cities, Peter S. Fisher, Alan H. Peters
Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States And Cities, Peter S. Fisher, Alan H. Peters
Upjohn Press
This book is the first significant attempt to quantify the development efforts made by state and local governments. The authors' extensive research focuses on tax and incentive policies across the 24 most industrialized states in the United States and a sample of 112 cities from within those states.
Highway Infrastructure: Policy Issues For Regions, Randall W. Eberts
Highway Infrastructure: Policy Issues For Regions, Randall W. Eberts
External Papers and Reports
No abstract provided.
Identification Of The Key Economic And Social Issues Facing The Greater Battle Creek Area, George A. Erickcek
Identification Of The Key Economic And Social Issues Facing The Greater Battle Creek Area, George A. Erickcek
Reports
No abstract provided.
Economic Analysis Of The Greater South Haven Area: Choices & Consequences, George A. Erickcek, Christine R. Fahndrich
Economic Analysis Of The Greater South Haven Area: Choices & Consequences, George A. Erickcek, Christine R. Fahndrich
Reports
No abstract provided.
Improving Education And Training For Economic Development, Joan Mcrae Stoia
Improving Education And Training For Economic Development, Joan Mcrae Stoia
New England Journal of Public Policy
This article explores the connections between workforce quality and economic prosperity, as well as the role of the Massachusetts education and training system, in developing and preserving that quality and supporting the state's key industries. It includes a review of the most recent employment trend and projection data available from the Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training, information about several business-based workplace education models, and a discussion of the specific education and training needs of workers across the age/skill continuum. For the purpose of this discussion, the education and training system are broadly defined to include existing public, private, and …
Human Capital And Economic Development, Sisay Asefa Editor, Wei-Chiao Huang Editor
Human Capital And Economic Development, Sisay Asefa Editor, Wei-Chiao Huang Editor
Upjohn Press
Six essays are presented that explore human capital and its relationship to issues such as demographics, population growth, families, workplace training and economic progress.
Economic Restructuring And Emerging Patterns Of Industrial Relations, Stephen R. Sleigh Editor
Economic Restructuring And Emerging Patterns Of Industrial Relations, Stephen R. Sleigh Editor
Upjohn Press
This book's essays analyze innovative responses by unions, corporations and governments to job loss caused by economic restructuring, drawing on examples from Western Europe and the U.S.
An Economic Opportunity Concept For The Northside Of The City Of Kalamazoo, Timothy J. Bartik, George A. Erickcek
An Economic Opportunity Concept For The Northside Of The City Of Kalamazoo, Timothy J. Bartik, George A. Erickcek
Reports
No abstract provided.
The Ceo Council Retention Survey: Results Of 1992 Survey, George A. Erickcek, Norman Terry, Perry K. Wolfe
The Ceo Council Retention Survey: Results Of 1992 Survey, George A. Erickcek, Norman Terry, Perry K. Wolfe
Reports
No abstract provided.
Excellence At Work: Policy Option Papers For The National Governors' Association, Evelyn Ganzglass Editor
Excellence At Work: Policy Option Papers For The National Governors' Association, Evelyn Ganzglass Editor
Upjohn Press
State-level initiatives are proposed that address key issues affecting the competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
Who Benefits From State And Local Economic Development Policies?, Timothy J. Bartik
Who Benefits From State And Local Economic Development Policies?, Timothy J. Bartik
Upjohn Press
Bartik reviews evidence on whether state and local policies affect job growth. He then presents empirical data supporting the intentions of such programs, showing that job growth may lead to a number of positive long-term effects including: lower unemployment, higher labor force participation, higher real estate values, and better occupational opportunities. He also shows that the earnings gains to disadvantaged groups outweigh the resulting increased real estate values for property owners, and concludes by saying that regional competition for jobs may actually be a benefit for the nation as a whole.
Employment And Household Economy In A Micronesian Village, James G. Peoples
Employment And Household Economy In A Micronesian Village, James G. Peoples
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.