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The Next Economy: Economic Recovery and Transformation in the Great Lakes Region
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Vey, Jennifer S.; Austin, John C.; Bradley, Jennifer – Brookings Institution, 2010
The nation's recuperation from the Great Recession remains sluggish, with high unemployment and a weak housing market continuing to squelch hopes that a full economic recovery will soon be at hand. The intensity and nature of the recession's lingering effects vary considerably across the country, however. Some metro areas, like Austin and…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Human Capital, Real Estate, Employment Patterns
Measuring Dynamic Patterns in the Structure of Substate Economies.
McHugh, Richard; And Others – 1990
The objective of this study was to explore a new method of analyzing the performance of substate economies. Conventional analyses of economic diversity and growth are limited by their reliance on static measures of economic structure. Such measures do not capture the patterns of growth dynamics or structural change a region may be experiencing.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Progress, Economic Research, Employment Patterns
Ideas and Concepts on the Hungarian Information Economy.
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Szabo, Jozsef; Dienes, Istvan – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Examines trends in labor and capital resources and the production of the information economy in Hungary, and compares them to trends experienced in other market-oriented countries. A model that considers regional differences in the demand, supply, and life cycle of goods is used to explain secular information sector changes. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Economic Progress, Employment Patterns
The Economic Position of Black Americans: 1976. A Special Report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy. Special Report No. 9.
Brimmer, Andrew F. – 1976
Assessing the economic progress of blacks in the United States during the last decade and a half, this special report is divided into eight chapters. Chapter I provides an overview of the report noting the overall conclusion that the economic position of blacks (as well as that of other racial minority groups and of poor whites) is not likely to…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Change, Economic Progress, Employment Patterns
Analysis of 1986 Poverty Data.
Food Research and Action Center, Washington, DC. – 1987
Poverty data released by the U. S. Census Bureau indicates no significant progress toward reducing the poverty rate during a period of economic recovery. The 1986 poverty rate of 13.6 percent remains significantly higher than anytime in the 1970s. Minority group children represent the largest age group of the poverty population. The sluggish…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Blacks, Business Cycles, Census Figures
The State of Working America, 1994-95.
Mishel, Lawrence; Bernstein, Jared – 1995
Numerous sources of data about family incomes, taxes, wages, unemployment, wealth, and poverty were used to analyze the impact of the economy on living standards in the United States in 1994-1995. It was discovered that most individuals in the United States are worse off in the 1990s than they were at the end of the 1970s. Between 1979 and 1989,…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Working in the Twenty-First Century: Policies for Economic Growth through Training, Opportunity, and Education. Issues in Work and Human Resources [Series].
Levine, David I. – 1998
This book examines how many of the United States' social and economic problems are reinforced by the combination of school, business, and government. It outlines ways that U.S. government policy can be reformulated to make schools and training major components in the U.S. labor market's successful adjustment to the new workplace realities. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Economic Change