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Mike Morrissey

@mcmorrissey.bsky.social
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Head of communications at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in Kalamazoo. Past gigs at Kellogg Company, General Motors, AAA, and National Automobile Dealers Association. Storytelling, media relations, video production, fishing, Trop Rock

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The Upjohn Institute is leading the American Job Quality Survey, the most comprehensive look at what makes a job good – pay, benefits schedules and more – with @gallup.com, Jobs for the Future, and the Families & Workers Fund. First findings spotlight the prevalence of low-quality work schedules.
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Work Schedules Fail Millions of U.S. Employees
A new study finds that low-quality work schedules are widespread across the U.S., undermining employee wellbeing and creating challenges for employers.
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
“The agencies, BLS included, are in survival mode,” Michael Horrigan, Upjohn Institute president and former BLS associate commissioner tells @politico.com. “You can’t save that money simply by cutting sampling or cutting indexes—The only way to save that kind of money is by cutting survey programs.”
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‘Survival mode’: Concerns over economic data quality mount amid cuts
Fears about how the administration will manage the U.S. agencies responsible for crucial monthly reports have been percolating for months.
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
As the remote-work boom let people live anywhere, communities took a new economic development approach: attract workers to their borders without needing to lure their employers. Tulsa has had success with that strategy, new research from @timbartik.bsky.social finds. www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
Graph: Tulsa Remote Return on Investment for every $1 spent: $4.31, with a large share of benefits going to lower 60 percent of earners.
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Mike Horrigan @mikehorrigan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The negative growth in real GDP for the first quarter of 2025 does not mean we are in a recession. Check out the video below to learn how recessions are called and by who.
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Michigan’s free-preschool program is worth its budget cost, a new analysis from our @timbartik.bsky.social finds.
Graphic showing $1 spent on Great Start Readiness Program returns $1.72 in economic benefits in Michigan.
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
“A lot of the people who were going to find a new job found one,” our Brad Hershbein tells @usatoday.com . “A lot of businesses found the people that they needed and don’t need any more right now. It’s the natural state of the cycle.” #EconSky
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Workers say it's a 'tough' time to find jobs with hiring rates below prepandemic levels
Layoffs and unemployment rates are low, but job seekers across the country are struggling to find work as companies pull back on hiring.
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Our Policies for Place initiative and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago convened experts on place-based policies to address challenges like limited job opportunities and unequal access to education, housing and child care. More: "Five Key Lessons for Five Core Groups Shaping Place-Based Policy."
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Five Key Lessons for Five Core Groups Shaping Place-Based Policy
The 2024 Policies for Place convening brought together a diverse group of policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to discuss how local communities can enhance economic mobility for their…
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
Short take video from our @timbartik.bsky.social : If you target job creation so it goes into a distressed commuting zone, you can raise the employment rate that the nation as a whole can sustain without excess inflationary pressure. #Econsky
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Short Take: The Benefits of Targeted Job Creation
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Home to the generous free-tuition Kalamazoo Promise college scholarship program, the district saw its graduates 7 percentage points more likely to enroll in college six months after graduation that graduates from similar districts.
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Kalamazoo Promise Interactive Data Tool
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
Place-based free college programs are expanding equitable access to higher education, yet many rely heavily on philanthropic funding. Michelle Miller-Adams from The Upjohn Institute shares insights on strategies to enhance their long-term sustainability.
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Tuition-free college? How sustainable are Promise programs
To sustain these programs, public-private partnerships, tax-capture mechanisms and long-term public funding are key.
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Mike Morrissey @mcmorrissey.bsky.social · 09/04/2024
Sometimes national data and averages do not provide the complete picture. A new tool from Upjohn Institute researchers allows for apples-to-apples comparisons of economic progress among peer cities and across differing demographic groups.
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 21/03/2024
The Council of Economic Advisers' 2024 Economic Report of the President, released today, cites three different research papers coauthored by our Brad Hershbein, on market power, fertility rates and the gender wage gap.
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The 2024 Economic Report of the President | CEA | The White House
Today, the Council of Economic Advisers under the leadership of Chair Jared Bernstein released the 2024 Economic Report of the President, the 78th report since the establishment of CEA in 1946. The 20...
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
How well do you know the Upjohn Institute? You may be familiar with our research but do you know about our direct services or regional analysis? Learn more from this new video.
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Inside the Upjohn Institute
The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, a private, not-for-profit, nonpartisan, independent research organization, has studied policy-related issu...
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
The #LaborLeverageRatio now updated. Explore the ratio by sector and over time: www.upjohn.org/labor-levera...
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Labor Leverage Ratio | Upjohn Institute
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
We don't know what relocating start-ups from Los Angeles to Eastern Kentucky will lead to, Asquith writes. Yet even if there is no connection between the rise of the tech clusters and stagnating productivity growth, it may not make sense to encourage talent to keep moving to the same few places.
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