Upjohn Institute's Employment Research Newsletter

What Are Jobs Worth?, Joseph Persky, Daniel Felsenstein, and Virginia Carlson
A New Look at Labor Exchange Policy, Christopher J. O'Leary and David E. Balducchi

April 2004 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 11, no. 2

Thinking about the Future of Small Metropolitan Areas, by George A. Erickcek and Hannah McKinney
Globalization. Adjustment, and Compensation, by Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz
Mini-Grant Funded Research

January 2004 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 11, no. 1

Personal Reemployment Accounts, by Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts
Institute Moves in to new Facility, by Randall W. Eberts

Ocotber 2003 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 10, no. 4

Thoughts on American Manufacturing Decline and Revitalization, by Timothy J. Bartik
Upjohn Institute Hosts Research Conference on Microeconomic Analyses of Labor Reallocation, by John S. Earle

July 2003 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 10, no. 3

Income and Influence: Social Policy in Emerging Market Economies, by Ethan B. Kapstein and Branko Milanovic
Contrasting the Employment of Single Mothers and People with Disabilities, by David C. Stapleton and Richard V. Burkhauser

April 2003 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 10, no. 2

The Level and Utilization of Human Capital in the United States, 1975-2000, by Robert H. Haveman, Andrew Bershadker, and Jonathan A. Schwabish
Extended Unemployment Benefits, by Wayne Vroman, Jeffrey B. Wenger, and Stephen A. Woodbury

January 2003 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 10, no. 1

Office Workers' Productivity Enhanced by Ergonomics, by Kelly DeRango
Then and Now: The Earned Income Tax Credit, by Saul D. Hoffman and Laurence S. Seidman

October 2002 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 9, no. 4

The Effectiveness of State Enterprise Zones, by Alan H. Peters and Peter S. Fisher
Washington's Workforce Development System Pays Off, by Kevin M. Hollenbeck

July 2002 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 9, no. 3

Temporary Services and Contracting Out: Effects on Low-Skilled Workers, by Susan Houseman and George Erickcek
Evaluating Labor Market Performance: Employment Reallocation and Productivity Growth in Russia, by John S. Earle

April 2002 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 9, no. 2

Living Wages and Local Governments, by Timothy J. Bartik
As the Dust Settles: Welfare Reform and Rural America, by Leslie A. Whitener, Bruce A. Weber, and Greg J. Duncan
Can Temporary Employment Scar Your Future Earnings? Wage Mobility by Type of Work in Spain, by Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Ricardo Serrano-Padial

January 2002 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 9, no. 1

Is Compensation for Workplace Injuries Adequate?, by H. Allan Hunt
The New Employment Contract?, by David I. Levine
Temporary Employment in Auto Supply

October 2001 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 8, no. 4

Targeting Welfare-to-Work Services Using Statistical Tools, by Randall W. Eberts
Risk Sharing through Retirement Income Systems: A Comparison of Canada and the United States, by John Turner

July 2001 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 8, no. 3

Discrimination and Segregation in Housing, by Kelly DeRango
Fighting Poverty with Labor Demand Policies, by Timothy J. Bartik

April 2001 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 8, no. 2

"Smart" Economic Development, by George A. Erickcek
Workers' Compensation under Alternative Insurance Arrangement, by Terry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, and John F. Burton, Jr.

January 2001 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 8, no. 1

Education and the Economy, by Kevin Hollenbeck
High School Career Academies, by Nan L. Maxwell and Victor Rubin

October 2000 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 7, no. 3

New Directions in Reemployment Policy, by Stephen A. Woodbury
The Economics of Medicare Reform, by Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving

July 2000 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 7, no. 2

U.S. Unemployment Insurance: Progress and Prospects, by Christopher J. O'Leary
Rising Wage Inequality in Urban Labor Markets, by Thomas Hyclak

April 2000 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 7, no. 1

Employment as a "Solution" to Welfare: Challenges over the Next Ten Years, by Timothy J. Bartik
Employment-Related Child Care Issues: What We Know and What We Do Not, by Jean Kimmel

Fall 1999 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 6, no. 2

Research Questions for the New Millennium, by Randall W. Eberts
Institute Research and Public Policy on Disability, by H. Allan Hunt
The Policy Implications of Nonstandard Work Arrangements, by Susan N. Houseman

Spring 1999 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 6, no. 1

"Targeting Employment Services" Conference, by Randall W. Eberts, Christopher J. O'leary, and Stephen A. Wandner
Will Welfare Reform Cause Displacement?, by Timothy J. Bartik
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. Dr. Eberts highlights four recent events at the Institute.

Fall 1998 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 5, no. 2

Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States and Cities, by Peter S. Fisher and Alan H. Peters
Three Systems of Workers' Compensation, by H. Allan Hunt
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. The Institute is based in the nation's heartland. But as Dr. Eberts explains, this doesn't prevent it from being a policy player on the national and international scenes.

Spring 1998 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 5, no. 1

Profiling for Reemployment Bonus Offers, by Christopher J. O'Leary
Child Care and Federal Policy, by Jean Kimmel
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. Dr. Eberts discusses the role of the publications program and how it fulfills one of the Institute's objectives, to "communicate new knowledge and scholarship effectively to a wide audience of practitioners and researchers." He also announces the newly-expanded external publishing program that invites the submittal of manuscripts and book proposals from scholars and policy analysts from outside the Institute and its Grant Program.

Fall 1997 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 4, no. 2

The Role of Small Business: A Tale of Two Cities, by George A. Erickcek
School-to-Work: Promise and Effectiveness, by Kevin M. Hollenbeck
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. In this issue, Dr. Eberts discusses the Institute's Grant Program. He includes a brief recap of recent changes to the program, a description of three focus areas the Institute's Grant Committee has a particular interest in, as well as a summary of recent grantees and their projects.

Spring 1997 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 4, no. 1

New Institute Survey on Flexible Staffing Arrangements, by Susan N. Houseman
Jobs for Welfare Recipients, by Timothy J. Bartik
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. In his regular column, Dr. Eberts discusses a project spawned by interaction between the Institute's research and operations divisions; a welfare-to-work profiling model being tested in Michigan to more efficiently target resources to program clients.

Fall 1996 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 3, no. 2

Profiling Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries, by Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary
Developing Community Economic Outcome Measures, by George A. Erickcek
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. Dr. Eberts announces the winners of the Institute's 1996 Dissertation Award.

Spring 1996 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 3, no. 1

School-to-Work Programs to Facilitate Youth Employment and Learning, by Kevin Hollenbeck
Performance Standards and Welfare Reform, by Timothy J. Bartik
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. Current staff projects are highlighted in Dr. Eberts' regular column.

Fall 1995 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 2, no. 2

Welfare to Work: Local Observations on a National Issue, by Randall W. Eberts
Performance Management of Active Labor Programs in Eastern Europe, by Christopher J. O'Leary
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. Dr. Eberts announces the winner of the Institute's first Dissertation Award.

Spring 1995 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 2, no. 1

Economic Development Incentive Wars, by Timothy J. Bartik
Moonlighting in the United States, by Jean Kimmel
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. During the Spring of 1995, the Institute celebrated it's Fiftieth Anniversary. Dr. Eberts tracks the course the Institute has taken during this half-century, and lays out his "future course" for the Institute.

Fall 1994 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 1, no. 2

The Role of Child Care Assistance in Welfare Reform, by Jean Kimmel
New Hope for Workers' Compensation Programs, by H. Allan Hunt
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. Dr. Eberts discusses the Institute's Grant Program.

Spring 1994 issue of Employment Research - Vol. 1, no. 1

Job Security v. Labor Market Flexibility: Is There a Tradeoff?, by Susan N. Houseman
Workplace Literacy Programs: Why the Mismatch Between Availability and Need?, by Kevin Hollenbeck
From the Executive Director, by Randall W. Eberts. Welcome to Employment Research.

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