This report evaluates the benefit-cost tradeoffs of adding a workforce training component to Chattanooga's economic development incentive packages, using the Bartik Benefit-Cost Model of Business Ince...

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.

An event exploring employer-based interventions in the labor market

An event exploring employer-based interventions in the labor market

Experts from research and policy will discuss how location affects job markets and can contribute to income inequality.

Hi all, @Paul Krugman and I did a podcast on the Trump Administration and what might be happening in the bombing of Iran. Not the most uplifting of talks, but you might find it interesting.

What I have learned in 45 years of interviewing experts about peace and war, and how it applies to the tumult of these past nine days.

The U.S. occupation of Iraq is a debacle not because the government did no planning but because a vast amount of expert planning was willfully ignored by the people in charge. The inside story of a hi...

Having more educated workers strengthens communities, making it easier to attract new businesses and enabling existing employers to improve productivity and expand.

Having more educated workers strengthens communities, making it easier to attract new businesses and enabling existing employers to improve productivity and expand.

How a three-pronged, place-based strategy to spur economic growth in rural communities across the country boasts proven success.

Firing the government’s statisticians over bad jobs numbers won’t make voters any happier with the economy.

This policy paper provides some updated estimates of the short-run fiscal effects of expanding Michigan’s state-funded preschool program, the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP), to encompass univers...