W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Before becoming parents, men and women increasingly move to higher-paying employers and to higher-paying roles with current employers. After childbirth, men stay on this upward path while women move to lower-paying employers, new research from our Early Career Research Awards program finds.

Update on the economy and discussion of housing and homelessness from Wednesday's Upjohn Community Breakfast. https://lnkd.in/g-7_7WPp

Our President, Mike Horrigan, shares insights on fostering long-term economic growth from his discussion with Heather Boushey and Tyler Goodspeed at the recent National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Policy Conference.

Tariffs could worsen the hiring picture, New Hires Quality Index creator Brad Hershbein writes, reversing the goods sector’s recent gains and deepening the hiring decline in the service sector.

Michigan’s free-preschool program passes a benefit-cost test, a new analysis by Upjohn Institute Senior Economist Tim Bartik finds, mainly by increasing parents’ earnings. All told, Bartik’s model finds that $1 spent on the program creates $1.72 in total economic benefits.

The region's economy is recovering, but challenges remain, our Mike Horrigan tells Southwest Michigan First State of Economic Development event. Wage growth, childcare access and workforce training are critical to sustaining economic momentum and ensuring long-term prosperity.

Every once in a while, I like to take a look at the 'Average Price' series from BLS and see what has happened to prices of commonly purchased goods since Feb 2020. I list below the Feb 2020 and the Jan 2025 prices for 4 goods that help to form consumers' views of inflation. I also show the max price that occurred over that time period. Now there are 'other' reasons for high prices (aka bird flu and eggs) but the backbone of how consumers feel about progress on inflation is the price at the grocery store or the gas pump. Mike Morrissey Aaron Sojourner Justin Carinci

What's going on with prices for some commonly purchased items? Upjohn Institute President Mike Horrigan takes a comparative look at today vs. five years ago.

We're hiring a postdoctoral researcher to collaborate with researchers here at the Upjohn Institute and at the University of Minnesota on work related to the economics of the early care and education workforce. It's a two-year position. Half of the position's time is devoted to the collaborative project and half is for independent research.

If you're working on a dissertation focused on employment issues of interest to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities, apply for one of our Dissertation Research Grants. Grants are offered in partnership with the @russell-sage-foundation