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People who are new to EMSI’s Strategic Advantage web-based analysis suite can sometimes get lost in its bewildering array of data sets, features, and terminology–and lose sight of its time-saving, productivity-boosting capabilities. That’s why we’ve collected real-world examples of how our clients use Strategic Advantage to become more [...]

With all the headlines talking about a recession linked to the subprime crisis, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at where all those high-risk mortgages are. By combining data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), let’s look at where in [...]

When using industry-based labor market data, it is important to understand the data’s sources and limitations. One question we sometimes get from our clients goes like this: “We have a big hospital in our county, and yet your data shows no jobs in the “hospitals” industry. What’s going on?” Similar questions arise for public elementary, [...]

A free information seminar is being co-hosted by EMSI and Warwickshire College on 23 April in at Warwickshire College’s Henley-in-Arden Centre. The seminar, intended for FE college principals or their representatives, will provide an overview of the Socioeconomic Impact (SEIM) Study, including the underlying approach, types of information and analysis included, its benefits for colleges, [...]

The introductory pricing period for EMSI’s Socioeconomic Impact (SEIM) study is approaching its end. The special pricing of £7500 has been available since autumn 2007 following the successful pilot study conducted by Warwickshire College. In the meantime, some 40 FE colleges in the UK have taken advantage of this introductory rate to commission SEIM studies [...]

Everyone knows that manufacturing is on the decline both nationwide and in states like Ohio, right? Well, not exactly—the story is actually much more complicated.
It is true that Ohio’s manufacturing sector saw a loss of some 93,000 jobs (about 10 percent) from 2002 to 2007, even as other portions of the economy were pulling out [...]

The Kauffman Foundation has released a new report on increasing entrepreneurship in the US economy. The report’s foundational assumption is that entrepreneurs have created most of the new technologies and business models that have fueled our nation’s staggering productivity growth in the past few decades.
The central policy recommendations of the report are

“Ensuring a skilled workforce” [...]

Update 2 (5/1/2008): EMSI has released the revised dataset, now incorporating state projections from New York (the last state to provide them).
Update (4/16/2008): We have temporarily reverted to the previous version of our data pending a review, testing, and revision of the new industry/occupation projections. The new data, with revised projections, will be re-released on [...]

Workforce3one has an informative collection of documents that summarize the lessons of Workforce Innovation Networks (WINs) — an initiative to build capacity of employer organizations (such as chambers) to serve as market-driven workforce intermediaries. Documents include:

Organizing and Supporting the Employer Role in Workforce Development: A Guide for Employer Organizations
Creating Community Advancement Initiatives: A “How To” [...]

Community College Bridges to Opportunity Initiative: Started by the Ford Foundation, the goals of this initiative are (1) “Promote policy innovation which supports the integration of the multiple community college missions through selected engagement of policymakers, institutional practitioners, and multi-stakeholder coalitions of support from business, labor, and community groups, educational leaders and others; (2) Research [...]