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New! The Crisis of Black Male Joblessness in Milwaukee, 2006, October 2007, by Marc V. Levine
Full Report (pdf - 185k)

The Crisis of Black Male Joblessness in Milwaukee: Trends, Explanations, and Policy Options, March 2007, by Marc Levine
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 496k)

Income Change in Milwaukee's Inner City, 2004-2005, November 2006, by Marc Levine
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 310k)

Residential Development Activity on Urban Brownfields in Milwaukee and Chicago: An Examination of Redevelopment Trends, Developer Perceptions, and Future Prospects, September 2006, by Christopher De Sousa
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 1.9mb)

The Economic State of Milwaukee's Inner City: 2006, May 2006, by Marc Levine
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 328k)

Curbing Industrial Decline or Thwarting Redevelopment? An Evaluation of Chicago's Clybourn Corridor, Goose Island,and Elston Corridor Planned Manufacturing Districts, November 15, 2005, by Joel Rast
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 401k)

The PabstCity Redevelopment Project: Inflated Projections and Dubious Economic Assumptions, June 6, 2005, by Marc. V. Levine
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 141k)

The State of Milwaukee's Environment: Preliminary Report, September 13, 2004, by Christopher De Sousa
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 689k)

Transportation Equity and Access to Jobs in Metropolitan Milwaukee, September 3, 2004, by Joel Rast
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 1,306k)

After the Boom: Joblessness in Milwaukee Since 2000, April 5, 2004, by Marc V. Levine
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 76k)

"Stealth Depression" Joblessness in the City of Milwaukee Since 1990, August 25, 2003, by Marc V. Levine
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 205k)

Community Service Jobs in Wisconsin Works: the Milwaukee County Experience, June 2003, by Andrea Robles, Fred Doolittle, Susan Gooden, MDRC
MDRC Report (pdf)

The Two Milwaukees: Separate and Unequal, April 30, 2003, by Marc V. Levine
PowerPoint Presentation (pdf - 302k)

The Economic State of Milwaukee's Inner City: 1970-2000, December 5, 2002, by Marc V. Levine
Executive Summary
Full Report (pdf - 184k)

Unfair Sanctions: Does W-2 Punish People of Color?, October 2002, by Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, Ph.D., Institute for Wisconsin's Future and Pamela S. Fendt, UW-Milwaukee, Center for Economic Development
Executive Summary (pdf - 77k)
Full Report (pdf - 107k)

The Economic Impact of Child Care in Milwaukee County, September 2002, by Marc V. Levine and Pam Fendt
Executive Summary (pdf - 24k)
Full Report (pdf - 161k )

TANF Reauthorization: The Bush Administration Proposal and Wisconsin's W-2 Program, March 2002, by Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, Ph.D., Institute for Wisconsin's Future and Pamela S. Fendt, UW-Milwaukee, Center for Economic Development

Metropolitan Polarization in an Era of Affluence: Income Trends in Metropolitan Milwaukee Since 1990, January 2002, by Marc V. Levine

Emergency Services Utilization in Milwaukee County: 1995 to 2000,
December 2001, by Pam Fendt, Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, and Marcus White

Cracks in the Glass Ceiling? Diversity and Management in Metro Milwaukee's Private Industry in the 1990s, August 13, 2001, by Marc V. Levine, Ryan Ranker and Lisa Heuler Williams

Minority Business Ownership in Metropolitan Milwaukee in the 1990s: Some Statistical Indicators and Comparisons to the Nation's Largest Metropolitan Areas, May 14, 2001, by Marc V. Levine and Lisa Heuler Williams.

Suburban Sprawl and the "Secession" of the Affluent: Metropolitan Polarization in Milwaukee:1987-1997, July 1999, by Marc V. Levine

The Economic State of Milwaukee: The City and the Region, May 1998, by Marc V. Levine, with Sandra J. Callaghan

The Feasibility of Economically Targeted Investing: A Wisconsin Case Study, June 1997, by Marc V. Levine, with Lee Smith and Emily Van Dunk

Welfare Reform and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Labor Market, August 1996, by Pamela S. Fendt

Inner City Retail Redevelopment Projects: Best Practicves Summary, July 1996, by Sandra J. Callaghan

Light Rail Transit and Inner City Redevelopment: A Proposal for Transit-Oriented Redevelopment at 27th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, February 1996, by Emily Van Dunk, with Marc Levine and Dale Dulberger

The Crisis of Low Wages in Milwaukee: Wage Polarization in the Metropolitan Labor Market, 1970-1990, November 1994, by Marc V. Levine

Downtown Redevelopment in Milwaukee: Has it Delivered for the City?, February 1994, by Marc V. Levine and John F. Zipp

The Milwaukee Public Schools Facilities Plan: An Economic Impact Analysis, January 1993, by Marc V. Levine

Light Rail in Milwaukee: An Analysis of the Potential Impact on Economic Development, May 1992, by Marc V. Levine