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The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute, welcomes Martha Stinson as she presents, “Who is Served by the Tip Credit? Effects of Minimum Wage Laws on Tipping, Employment, and Prices at Restaurants.” Stinson […]
Continue ReadingPowerPoint Presentation The United States and much of the rest of the world are currently experiencing a period of rising inflation, supply chain issues, and labor shortages. This webinar examines the impact of rising inflation and concurrent circumstances on workers in the State of Georgia. Presenter: Monica Scott, Senior Research Analyst, Economic and Community Development, […]
Continue ReadingPowerPoint Presentation How skills data helps us see our community differently, so we can begin doing things differently Often to do things differently, first we need to see things differently. For communities wanting to make transformative changes in their workforce development system, skills data allows them to see their region differently. In this webinar, we’ll […]
Continue ReadingResearchers have many questions about the data coming out of the Census Bureau. With pandemic-induced data collection challenges, data privacy measures, and other logistical and technological issues, there are many issues to pay attention to. There are also many opportunities to provide feedback to the Census Bureau, including limited-time comment opportunities such as the 2020 […]
Continue ReadingThe pandemic challenged many workforce and economic development organizations to follow local labor market trends and to create responsive workforce services and strategy. A local office of economic development, a workforce development board, and a community college serving Placer County, California partnered to request research that described near-term impacts from the pandemic and mapped long-term […]
Continue ReadingRuth Rathblott will share her CURE model for expanding diversity by focusing on inclusion and belonging; she will also share her own story of being born with a limb difference, hiding it for 25 years, and her path to unhiding. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore their own differences through personal reflection and engagement […]
Continue ReadingWhat are the likely short-term and long-term impacts of automation on the trucking industry? At the 2021 Projections Managing Partnership Summit, we introduced you to Steve Viscelli, a University of Pennsylvania researcher whose efforts to measure the impacts of autonomous trucking technologies contain data analysis lessons for projections analysts and state LMI researchers. So many […]
Continue ReadingOctober 20, 2021 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute, welcomes Heath Hayward and Christopher Goetz as they introduce Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) Explorer! BDS Explorer is […]
Continue ReadingThe interactive industry cluster business cases developed by the Detroit Regional Partnership (DRP), have been instrumental in shifting our business attraction efforts virtually. The tool is used to engage global companies, site location decision makers, as well as regional stakeholders, with our key industry clusters in a dynamic way that has increased connections for business […]
Continue ReadingIn this presentation we will discuss the economic overview of the real, fiscal, monetary, and external sector. We will briefly discuss political, social, and economic challenges that Afghanistan is facing in the current time. Then we will briefly discuss available opportunities. Lastly, we will propose recommendations for economic development and stabilization of Afghanistan. Presenter: Said […]
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