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Labor Market Analysis
Welfare Reform Policy
Nonprofit Development/Capacity Building
Economic/Community/Business Development
Economic/Social Impact Analysis
Income/Racial Disparities
Transportation

Labor Market Analysis

After the Boom: Joblessness in Milwaukee Since 2000
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/stealthworking404.html

"Stealth Depression" Joblessness in the City of Milwaukee Since 1990
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/stealth_depression803.html

Cracks in the Class Ceiling
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/glassceiling.html

Welfare Reform and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Labor Market
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/welfare896.html

The Crisis of Low Wages in Milwaukee: Wage Polarization in Metropolitan Labor Market 1970-1990
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/wages1194.html

Model Development in the "Workforce Connections" Project
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/model997.html

Labor Market Research Update for the High Wage Dislocated Worker Project
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/labor997.html

Occupational Trends and Training Requirements in Targeted Industrial Sectors: A Report for the High Wage Dislocated Worker Project
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/occupation397.html

Employment and Wage Trends in Targeted Industrial Sectors: A Report for the High Wage Dislocated Worker Project
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/wagetrends297.html


Welfare Reform Policy

Community Service Jobs in Wisconsin Works: The Milwaukee County Experience
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/344/full.pdf

Unfair Sanctions: Does W-2 Punish People of Color?
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/race_report.pdf

Emergency Services Utilization in Milwaukee County: 1995 to 2000
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/emergencyservices.html

Welfare Reform in Metropolitan Milwaukee Labor Market
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/welfare896.html

Support Service Utilization Among Head Start Parents in Wisconsin
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/headstart99.html


Milwaukee Community Economic Development Capacity Inventory

Milwaukee Community Economic Development
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/capacity499.html

Milwaukee Non-Profit Venture Fund Planning Document
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/venture998.html


Economic/Community/Business Development

Residential Development Activity on Urban Brownfields in Milwaukee and Chicago
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/desousa_906.pdf

Curbing Industrial Decline or Thwarting Redevelopment? An Evaluation of Chicago's Clybourn Corridor, Goose Island,and Elston Corridor Planned Manufacturing Districts
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/pmdstudy.html

Ozaukee County Location Quotient Analysis
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/ozaukee704.html

Minority Business Ownership in Metropolitan Milwaukee in the 1990s: Some Statistical Indicators and Comparisons to the Nation's Largest Metropolitan Areas
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/minorityreport.html

Light Rail Transit and Inner City Redevelopment: A Proposal for Transit-Oriented Redevelopment at 27th Street and Wisconsin Avenue
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/lightrail.html

Light Rail in Milwaukee: An Analysis of the Potential Impact on Economic Development
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/lightrailic.html

Downtown Redevelopment in Milwaukee: Has it delivered for the City?
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/downtown294.html

2001 Economic Development Resource Directory, Fifth Edition
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/r_directory.html

Milwaukee Community Economic Development Capacity Inventory
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/capacity499.html

Milwaukee Non-Profit Venture Fund Planning Document
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/venture998.html

The Milwaukee Foundry Industry Task Force: Background Report
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/foundry497.html

Occupational Trends and Training Requirements in Targeted Industrial Sectors: A Report for the High Wage Dislocated Worker Project
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/occupation397.html

1993 Southside Economic Summit
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/sssummit593.html

The Lisbon Area Neighborhood Development Project: The New L.I.F.E. Skills Survey
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/life193.html

The State of Milwaukee's Environment: Preliminary Report
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/statemkenviro904.html


Economic/Social Impact Analysis

The Economic Impact of Child Care in Milwaukee County
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/childcare.pdf

The Economic Impact of the 2001 State Fair
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/exsum_statefair.html

The Feasibility of Economically Targeted Investing: A Wisconsin Case Study
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/targetinvesting.html

Light Rail Transit and Inner City Redevelopment: A Proposal for Transit-Oriented Redevelopment at 27th Street and Wisconsin Avenue
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/lightrail.html

Light Rail in Milwaukee: An Analysis of the Potential Impact on Economic Development
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/lightrailic.html

Downtown Redevelopment in Milwaukee: Has it Delivered for the City?
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/downtown294.html

The Milwaukee Public Schools Facilities Plan: An Economic Impact Analysis
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/facilities193.html

Survey and Analysis of Current Socioeconomic Development in Milwaukee's Near South Side
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/southside697.html

Riverwest Community Schools Program: Assessment of First Year Operations
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/riverwest996.html

The Economic Impact of Sinai Samaritan Medical Center
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/sinai596.html

1993 Southside Economic Summit
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/sssummit593.html


Income/Racial Disparities

Income Change in Milwaukee's Inner City, 2004-2005
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/innercity1106.pdf

The Economic State of Milwaukee's Inner City: 2006
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/innercity51506.pdf

Exploring the Perceptions of Bias and Discrimination: The Utilization of Nonprofit Consultants of Color in the Greater Milwaukee Area
http://www.uwm.edu/MilwaukeeIdea/HBI/

The Two Milwaukees: Separate and Unequal (Powerpoint presentation)
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/pdf/two_milwaukee.pdf

The Economic State of Milwaukee's Innercity 1970-2000
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/innercity2002.html

Metropolitan Polarization in an Era of Affluence: Income Trends in Metropolitan Milwaukee Since 1990
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/incometrends.html

Suburban Sprawl and the "Secession" of the Affluent: Metropolitan Polarization in Milwaukee: 1987-1997
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/sprawl99.html

The Economic State of Milwaukee: The City and the Region
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/milw98.html

The Crisis of Low Wages in Milwaukee: Wage Polarization in Metropolitan Labor Market 1970-1990
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/wages1194.html


Transportation

Transportation Equity and Access to Jobs in Metropolitan Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/transp804.html

Light Rail Transit and Inner City Redevelopment: A Proposal for Transit-Oriented Redevelopment at 27th Street and Wisconsin Avenue
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/lightrail.html

Light Rail in Milwaukee: An Analysis of the Potential Impact on Economic Development
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/publications/lightrailic.html

An Assessment of Transportation Service Options: A Profile of the Grandview Walnut Heights Community
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/reports/trans1298.html