Illustration by Mark Beauchamp
By Scott Sheely, Executive Director
Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board
Background
For many years employment in US manufacturing has been in sharp decline. Domestic manufacturers have scaled back, outsourced, or just plain closed down. As a result, US manufacturing has become the “less desirable” industry sector for many workforce boards, economic developers, training providers, and [...]

Editor’s note: This is an op-ed piece by Rob Sentz, EMSI’s marketing director and author of a series of five green jobs papers.
Click here for a PDF version of this piece.

Illustration by Mark Beauchamp
Introduction

Over the past year, EMSI has been fielding questions from local planners (workforce boards, community colleges, and economic developers) on how to [...]

More and more, and certainly in light of the current recession, there is a need to apply up-to-date information on local, state, regional, and even national economies to training, curriculum, and skills development. So, in this brief paper we want to show how labor market information (or information on industries, occupations, and demographics) can be [...]

Summary:
This paper is meant as a practical guide to help workforce, education, economic development professionals (and any other sort of career counselor) understand green jobs and be able to offer solid advice to young people and jobseekers so they can get on the right track and in the context of the demands of the [...]

Data spotlight: Using input-output analysis, economic base, and fiscal impact modeling to determine the best project
Last month we considered regional investments that would create jobs (green or otherwise) on the basis of multiplier effects, long-term vs. short-term effects, and the relative cost per job created. To review this article, click here. This month we want [...]

April, 2009

By: M. Henry Robison, Founder and Senior Economist, EMSI
contact information: Rob Sentz (rob@economicmodeling.com)
For a PDF version of the paper: IO guidebook
Introduction
Our nation’s economic woes have led to many ideas for the best way to transform our economy and get it back on track. Many of these ideas are rooted in “Keynesian” economic theory, [...]

Green Jobs, part 3: A data-driven approach to defining, quantifying, and harnessing the green economy
To read Green Pathways (PDF): EMSI green jobs part 3 data spotlight
Summary
At the local level, the discussion of green jobs should be rooted in data as much as possible. As regions consider major investments in the green economy and workforce [...]

Introduction
The workforce investment system is in the national spotlight with the emergence of two very big issues: the increasing knowledge and skills gap in the nation’s workforce, and mass layoffs as a result of the current economic turmoil. And because these problems are so pervasive, it is important that local groups join with their [...]

Green Jobs, part 2 – Assessing Workforce and Economic Impacts, Return on Investment of stimulus projects

Last month we took a look at some occupations that would likely be affected by the new administration’s “green policy.” To review last month’s article click here. This month we want to bring in more perspectives like working layoff challenges [...]

In this first installment, we will take a look at some of the implications of policy to create green jobs.  Over the coming weeks and months we will be releasing periodic articles, essays, white papers, data spotlights and other perspectives around green jobs. The goal is to help local practitioners know and understand this issue [...]