Tuesday, December 16, 2008

[IWS] UPJOHN INSTITUTE WORKING PAPERS - Recent Studies 2008

IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016
-------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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UPJOHN INSTITUTE WORKING PAPERS
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/index.htm

Recent studies include --

The Revitalization of Older Industrial Cities: A Review Essay of Retooling for Growth, Timothy J. Bartik (08-143), 2008.
Abstract 
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08143wp.html

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Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness, J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Scott Gehlbach (WP08-142), 2008.
Abstract
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08142wp.html
Full-text
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08-142.pdf 
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Understanding the Contributions of Reallocation to Productivity Growth: Lessons from a Comparative Firm-Level Analysis, J. David Brown and John S. Earle (WP08-141), 2008.
Abstract
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08141wp.html
Full-text
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08-141.pdf
Appendix
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08-141-Appendix.pdf

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Higher Education, the Health Care Industry, and Metropolitan Regional Economic Development: What Can "Eds & Meds" Do for the Economic Fortunes of a Metro Area's Residents?, Timothy J. Bartik and George Erickcek (WP08-140), 2008.
Abstract
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08140wp.html
Full-text
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08-140.pdf
NOTE: A shorter version of this paper titled "The Local Economic Impact of "Eds & Meds": How Policies to Expand Universities and Hospitals Affect Metropolitan Economies" appears as
Brookings Metropolitan Economy Initiative, Number 7, 2008.
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/1210_metropolitan_economies_bartik_erickcek.aspx

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Sensitivity Testing of Net Impact Estimates of Workforce Development Programs Using Administrative Data, Kevin Hollenbeck (WP08-139), 2008.
Abstract
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08139wp.html
Full-text
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08-139.pdf

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Is There a Role for Public Support of Incumbent Worker On-the-Job Training?, Kevin Hollenbeck (WP08-138), 2008.
Abstract
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08138wp.html
Full-text
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08-138.pdf


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