This case study describes how EMSI (then CCbenefits) helped inform the Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative with regional labor market reports.
The Arkansas CPI is a groundbreaking program that helps high-risk, low-income adults gain entry into careers with opportunity for upward mobility. Graduates are filling in-demand jobs in regional growth industries while gaining independence from public assistance.
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Burlington County College graduates can expect to make an additional $6 in earnings over 30 years for every dollar they invest in their education, according to a recent study released by the college.
The college graduates get jobs, pay taxes, and use their income to purchase things such as homes, college President [...]

With the advent of EMSI’s affordable, easy-to-use economic modeling tools, many more people are able to conduct economic impact analyses without an extensive background in economics. This document describes some of the basic pitfalls that more inexperienced researchers should avoid when conducting an economic impact study. The three primary pitfalls are:

 Expressing impacts in terms of [...]

UPDATE: The data release has been rescheduled for March 24th.
The EMSI data team is pleased to announce that our regular biannual data update has been scheduled for March 17th 24th. Industry, occupation, demographic, indicators, and input-output data sets are being re-built using the latest information from our sources as well as our most sophisticated data [...]

In this whitepaper, EMSI explains the importance of  labor market analysis for businesses, site selectors, and economic development professionals. The paper covers types of key information needed and the challenges of local labor market research using public sources, and some basic features of EMSI’s Strategic Advantage web-based system that make it the top labor market [...]

The College Board’s National Commission on Community Colleges has released its final report, titled “Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America’s Middle Class: An Action Agenda for Community Colleges.”
The report highlights the contributions of America’s community colleges and their potential for meeting key future challenges for our national economy, while at the same time bemoaning [...]