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Economic Development Publications

Jobs are shifting to lower-paid industries according to a report released by the economic policy institute. In 48 out of 50 states, jobs are shifting from higher-paying industries such as manufacturing and information to lower-paying industries such as retail and hospitality.

Does walking the high road reduce stress? The "Sperling Stress Index" ranks quality of life, and tracks nine different factors which roughly align with a high road agenda: Low unemployment rate, Low commute time, low violent and property crime rates and better health care. See The full report online and the Ranking of the 100 largest metro areas.

The AFL-CIO released new reports on the economic fault lines crisscrossing each state. The "Economic Richter Scale" makes the case that recent economic policies have made life worse for the communities we live in. Click here for YOUR state report.

Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania contends that the economic future of a major rust belt state depends on revitalizing its demographic mix and curbing some of the nation's most radical patterns of sprawl and abandonment.

Check outNew Frontiers for Worker-Friendly Companies

More Economic Development Publications from COWS

Date	Type	Title
6/1/2003	report	Challenges & Options for Wisconsin Component Manufacturing: Final AMP Report to the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership
12/19/2002	overview	Advanced Manufacturing Partnership - Overview
6/30/2002	report	Wisconsin Manufacturers’ Development Consortium: Cluster Development Policy in Action? An Interim Report
12/1/2000	report	Down the Line…: Supplier Upgrading, Evolving OEM-Supplier Relations, and Directions for Future Manufacturing Modernization Policy and Research in Wisconsin
8/1/2000	report	Milwaukee Metropatterns: Sprawl and Social Separation in Metro Milwaukee
8/1/2000	exec summary	Milwaukee Metropatterns - Executive Summary
7/25/2000	press release	Recycling, Revenue and Regionalism – the New Three Rs for the Kettl Commission
6/1/2000	report	At the Center of it All: the High Road Strategy for Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley
6/1/2000	report	Common Problems & Collaborative Solutions: OEM-Supplier Relationships and the Wisconsin Manufacturing Partnership’s Supplier Training Consortium
3/16/2000	report	Proposed Elements of TIF Reform
1/26/2000	testimony	Mercury Emissions Regulation: Testimony Before the Senate Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform Committee
9/28/1999	report	Metro Futures
9/14/1999	testimony	Recycled Content Standards: Testimony Before the Assembly Environment Committee
7/22/1999	testimony	Reconciling Differences: Information to Alleviate the Tension Between State and Local Government
9/4/1997	report	Labor and Economic Development
2/1/1997	report	Using Regional Economic Analysis in Urban Jobs Strategies