What Matters to Metros: Foundational Indicators for Economic Competitiveness

Foundational Indicators for Economic Competitiveness helps community leaders identify factors that are associated with economic growth in mid-sized U.S. metropolitan areas in a post-recession economy. This work builds upon six previous iterations (called the dashboard of economic indicators) and assesses the relationship of 55 variables to economic growth across four measures: per capita income, gross metropolitan product (GmP), productivity and employment, between 1990 and 2011.Results of the study indicate that growth is not a one-size-fits-all proposition for America's mid-sized metros. education and innovation remain highly associated with GmP, productivity and per capita income growth over the past two decades, but strong performance in those areas has been insufficient to restore jobs to many of our communities. Alternatively, many metro areas that have been successful in adding jobs, struggle to translate that growth into rising incomes. This research provides data that civic leaders can use to ask more strategic questions about how "growth" can be pursued, and to identify their own distinct approaches to get there

Responding to the New Geography of Poverty: Metropolitan Trends in the Earned Income Tax Credit

Highlights findings about the growth in low-income and earned income tax credit-filing populations in metropolitan suburbs and the correlated rise in the amount claimed through the EITC between 1999 and 2007. Considers policy implications

The Landscape of Recession: Unemployment and Safety Net Services Across Urban and Suburban America

Analyzes metropolitan-area increases in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients and the unemployed between December 2007 and December 2010 and traits of the hardest-hit areas, including community type and population density

State of Metropolitan America: On the Front Lines of Demographic Transformation

Examines 2000-09 demographic and economic trends and highlights five new realities: growth and outward expansion, population diversification, aging, uneven higher educational attainment, and income polarization. Analyzes national and regional challenges

La Atalaya : diario de la mañana: Año X Número 3344 - 1902 mayo 8

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