Our research applies rigorous scholarship and insight to questions around labor markets and employment, creating pathways to economic mobility in the workforce and in society.
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Aims to piece together a range of ideas, disciplinary thinking, and perspectives to produce multidisciplinary scholarship that reshapes narratives about how we achieve inclusive prosperity.
Examines the nature and consequences of precarious employment in the service sector with a focus on how policymakers and firms can improve job quality.
Charts the course for a post-secondary system of the future that creates more & better pathways to economic mobility.
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Urban Economic Policy
SUP-680
This course examines the role of public policy in urban and regional economic development. Cities are the engines of modern economies.
From the Bottom to the Top: Unequal Opportunities and Unequal Outcomes Across Generations
SUP-208
Even in rich countries, many people are poor, and their chances of moving from poverty to affluence are constrained.
State and Local Economic Development
SUP-683M
Economic development is a top priority for governors, county executives, mayors, and civic leaders who are responsible for defining and executing policies and strategies to help their regions achieve greater prosperity.
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