How we plan to bridge the divide between Silicon Valley and the Midwest after the ‘Comeback Cities Tour’
For those who have not recently driven down the Ohio Turnpike, images of abandoned steel mills and shuttered factories may come to mind. But the view from the car window today looks far different… Source:...
Skilled-Biased Technical Change and Regional Convergence
Between 1940 and 1980 the wage gap between poorer U.S. cities and richer ones was shrinking at an annual rate of roughly 1.4%. After 1980, however, there was no further regional conver- gence overall. This paper quantifies the contributions of skill-biased technical...
U.S. Cluster Mapping
“The U.S. Cluster Mapping Project is used by governments, economic developers, and businesses to understand and shape the competitive landscape for a wide range of industries.  These data are being put in the hands of local officials, who are using the...
Geographic gaps are widening while U.S. economic growth increases
CNN’s Ron Brownstein posted a strong comment this morning on the spatial politics of economic power, using data from Brookings on the nation’s uneven growth map. Brownstein doubts that the current … Source: Geographic gaps are widening while U.S. economic growth...
