Each monthly Community Economics Newsletter provides a brief synopsis of research of a policy or research topic. The primary audience is UW-Extension community, natural resources, and economic development agents and others interested in community economic issues.

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Alice Justice - Center for Community Economic Development
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Madison, WI 53703
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•  Have US Firms Taken the “Low Road”?
  by Steven C. Deller;scdeller@wisc.edu
  No. 345, July 2005



•  What has Caused the “Great U-Turn” in Income Inequality?
  by Steven C. Deller;scdeller@wisc.edu
  No. 344, June 2005



•  Is Our Infrastructure Crumbling?
  by Steven C. Deller;scdeller@wisc.edu
  No. 343, May 2005



•  Self-Employment in the U.S.
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 342, April 2005



•  Labor Productivity, Why Should We Care?
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 341, March 2005



•  Performance Measures for Community Economic Development
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 340, February 2005



•  The Minimum Wage: A Community Economic Development Aid or Hindrance
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 339, January 2005



•  Business Climate Ranking
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 338, December 2004



•  Governance across the World
  by Christian Huiller
  No. 337, November 2004



•  Job Demands and Older Workers
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 336, October 2004



•  The Working Poor
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 335, September 2004



•  Volunteerism and Community Development
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 334, August 2004



•  Business Climate
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 333, July 2004



•  State of the Art Thinking on Taxes, Government Spending and Economic Growth and Development
  by Robert G. Lynch
  No. 332, June 2004



•  Reversing Rural America's Economic Decline: The Case for a National Balanced Growth Strategy
  by Robert D. Atkinson
  No. 331, May 2004



•  Collaborative Job Training in Rural Areas
  by Gary Paul Green
  No. 330, April 2004



•  Civic Involvement, Organizational Ties, and Local Economic Development
  by Gary Paul Green
  No. 329, March 2004



•  Fiscal Health and Community Economic Development
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 328, February 2004



•  Community Economics Qualities of a Desirable Tax System
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 327, January 2004



•  Fiscal Health of Local Governments: The Community Economic Development Connection with Implications for Local and State Government Roles
  by Beth Walter Honadle
  No. 326, December 2003



•  Are Industry Clusters a Good Bet for Rural Development
  by David L. Barkley, Mark S. Henry
  No. 325, November 2003



•  Cooperation for Community Economic Development
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 324, October 2003



•  Globalization and the Wisconsin Economy
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 323, September 2003



•  Home-Based Businesses as a Community Economic Development Option
  by James McConnon
  No. 322, August 2003



•  Community Colleges in Rural America
  by Gary Green
  No. 321, July 2003



•  Job Training in Nonmetropolitan America
  by Gary Green
  No. 320, June 2003



•  Current Issues in European Rural Development
  by Eileen Wang
  No. 319, May 2003



•  Community Attitudes and Community Development
  by Frank Hefner
  No. 318, April 2003



•  State Parks and the Economic Impacts of Their Visitors within Gateway Communities
  by Dave Marcouiller
  No. 317, March 2003



•  Unrecorded Work in Non-Metropolitan Wisconsin Part II: Unrecorded Work by Low Income Households
  by John Larrivee
  No. 316, February 2003



•  Unrecorded Work in Rural Wisconsin
  by John Larrivee
  No. 315, January 2003



• Living Wages and Local Government
  by Timothy J. Bartik
  No. 314, December 2002



• Community, Democracy and Rural Development
  by Domenico Parisi
  No. 313, November 2002



• Why Won't Supply-side Economics Go Away?: Or Why I Never Saw A Tax Cut I Didn't Like
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 312, October 2002



• Barriers to Entrepreneurship and Potential Solutions
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 311, September 2002



• Leadership
  by Spencer J. Campbell
  No. 310, August 2002



• Poverty Trends in the United States
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 309, July 2002



• Income Inequality in the United States
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 308, June 2002



• The Value of Place
  by Thomas G. Johnson
  No. 307, May 2002



• Does Retiree Household Income Matter? Comparing the Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Low and High Income Retirees in Rural Wisconsin
  by Martin Shields, Judith I. Stallmann, Steven C. Deller,
  No. 306, April 2002



• What is Local Development
  by Mark Hart, Michael Murray,
  No. 305, March 2002



• Do Taxes Influence Business Growth
  by Steven Deller
  No. 304, February 2002



•  Community Economic Development and Smart Growth
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 303, January 2002



• Increase Aids Received from Broar Governments
  by Glen C. Pulver
  No. 302, December 2002



• Encourage Business Formation
  by Glen C. Pulver
  No. 301, November 2001



• Attract New Basic Employers
  by Glen C. Pulver
  No. 300, October 2001



• Improving Ability to Capture Dollars
  by Glen C. Pulver
  No. 299, September 2001



• Improving the Efficiency of Existing Firms
  by Glen C. Pulver
  No. 298, August 2001



• Selected Perspectives on Extension Programming in Community Development
  by Paul H. Gessaman, Gordon D. Rose
  No. 297, July 2001



• Think Locally, Tax Globally
  by Simona Fuma Shapiro
  No. 296, June 2001



• Adaptive Strategies for Rural Communities in an Information-Intensive Economic Environment
  by John Leatherman
  No. 295, May 2001



• Internet Commerce: Challenges for the Rural Public Sector
  by John Leatherman
  No. 294, April 2001



• Information Technologies and Rural Competitiveness
  by John Leatherman
  No. 293, March 2001



• Strategic Planning for Telecommunications in Rural Communities
  by Kathleen McMahon, Priscilla Salant
  No. 292, February 2001



• Economic Renewal Guide
  by Michael J. Kinsley
  No. 291, January 2001



• What If We All Stayed Home
  by George E. Goldman
  No. 290, December 2000



• Growth of the Oldest Population and Future Implications for Rural Areas
  by Carolyn C. Rogers
  No. 289, November 2000



• Older Workers in the 21st Century: Active and Educated, A Case Study
  by John R. Besi, Bakrishna D. Kale
  No. 288, October 2000



• The Declining Middle: Is America Losing Its Middle Class?
  by Diane K. McLaughlin, Mark S. Handcock, Joseph Kodamanchaly
  No. 287, September 2000



• American Worklife
  by Connie Chuang
  No. 286, August 2000



• Exploring Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Vermont and Its Implications for Rural America
  by Pauline Sullivan, Catherine Halbren, Qingbin Wang, Elizabeth Scannell
  No. 285, July 2000



• Local Development Strategies -- Inclusive or Exclusive Approaches: An Argument for Community Based Economic Development
  by George R. McDowell
  No. 284, June 2000



• Measuring Job Security
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 283, May 2000



• Eight Challenges Facing Community Leaders
  by Milan Wall
  No. 282, April 2000



• Building Wealth in A Knowledge-Based Economy
  by Jim Janke
  No. 281, March 2000



• Small Town Economic Development: Principles of Organization
  by Robert W. Shively
  No. 280, February 2000



• Working Poor Families With Children
  by Richard F. Wertheimer
  No. 279, January 2000



• Examining the Potential for Entrepreneurship
  by Steven BrenLackey
  No. 278, December 1999



• The Wage Curve
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 277, November 1999



• Overcoming Obstacles to Rural Telecommunications
  by Thomas D. Rowley
  No. 276, October 1999



• Employer Responses to Labor Shortages
  by Gary Paul Green
  No. 275, September 1999



• Individual Development Accounts: Asset Building for Poor Families
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 274, August 1999



• Women in Regional and Community Development -- A Practioner's Perspective
  by Susan Benedyka
  No. 273, July 1999



• Welfare to What? Early Findings on Family Well-Being
  by Susan Benedyka
  No. 272, June 1999



• Alternative Forest Uses and Resource-Dependent Communities: Is the Glass Half-empty or Half-full?
  by Dave Marcouiller
  No. 271, May 1999



• Counting on Local Capital
  by Andrea Levere, Terry Gillen, Kent Marcoux
  No. 270, April 1999



• Civic Entrepreneurs: Economic Professional as Collaborative Leader
  by Douglas Henton, John Melville, Kimberly Walesh
  No. 269, March 1999



• The limitations to Cost of Community Services Studies
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 268, February 1999



• Strategies for Sustainable Economic Development
  by Margaret G. Thomas
  No. 267, January 1999



• Ten Ways to Market - And Not to Market - Your Community
  by Ted M. Levine
  No. 266, December 1998



• Corporations, Child Care, Changing Times
  by Steven Taper
  No. 265, November 1998



• Talking Third Wave
  by BriaDabson, William Schweke
  No. 264, October 1998



• Talking Third Wave
  by Playing New Rules in Local Economic Development
  No. 263, September 1998



• Bank CDCs: Building Partnerships for Community Development
  by Playing New Rules in Local Economic Development
  No. 262, August 1998



• Using Geographic Information Systems in Community Development
  by John Koch
  No. 261, July 1998



• Census Bureau Offers Revamped Industrial Classification System
  by John Koch
  No. 260, June 1998



• Third Sector Housing and Housing Affordability
  by Martin Evers
  No. 259, May 1998



• Transportation Barriers to Employment of Low-Income People
  by Martin Evers
  No. 258, April 1998



• Community Foundations for Community Development
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 257, March 1998



• Local Currency and Low-Income Communities and Families
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 256, February 1998



• Multiple Job Holding
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 255, January 1998



• Quality of life in Rural Areas
  by Norman Walzer, Lucinda Beier
  No. 254, December 1997



• Economic and Fiscal Impacts of a Business Incubator
  by Deborah M. Markley, Kevin T. McNamara
  No. 253, November 1997



• Marriott Addresses Challenges of Welfare Reform
  by Mary Edwards, Bill Ryan
  No. 252, October 1997



• Jobs for Welfare Recipients
  by Timothy J. Bartik
  No. 251, September 1997



• Temp Agencies: The Worker's Perspective
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 250, August 1997



• Welfare Reform & Temp Agencies: The Firm's Perspective
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 249, July 1997



•  Labor Market Trends and Local Job Strategies
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 248, June 1997



• Building a linked Economic Development Program
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 247, May 1997



• Economic Development and Land Use: Different Strokes for Different Folks
  by Dave Marcouiller, Gary Green
  No. 246, April 1997



• The Role of Diversification in Economic Growth and Stability
  by Bradauer, STEVEN DELLER
  No. 245, March 1997



• Privatization of Community Services
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 244, February 1997



• Welfare Reform and the Market System
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 243, January 1997



• Rural Underemployment
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 242, December 1996



• Rural Banks and Their Business Customers
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 241, November 1996



• Income Disbribion and Rural Economic Development
  by John Leatherman
  No. 240, October 1996



• Building Effective Local Development Strategies
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 239, September 1996



• Stimulation of Economic Development Through Workers Cooperatives
  by Carla Dickstein
  No. 238, August 1996



• Big City lights and Small Towns: Conflict or Confluence?
  by David L. Barkley, Mark S. Henry
  No. 237, July 1996



• Downtown Revitalization: Have You Heard of These Secrets
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 236, June 1996



• Downtown Revitalization: Have You Heard of These Myths
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 235, May 1996



• Jobs in Wisconsin's Farm and Farm-Related Sectors
  by WILliAM E. SAUPE, T. Alexander Majchrowicz
  No. 234, April 1996



• Rural Public Services and the Eye of the Beholder: The Case of Recreational Homeowners and Residents
  by David Marcouiller
  No. 233, March 1996



• The Importance of Local Airports to Rural Business
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 232, February 1996



• Forging Good Policy on Business Incentives
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 231, January 1996



• Community Ratings: An Abuse of Secondary Data?
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 230, December 1995



• Local Export Market Development
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 229, November 1995



• Retailing Wheeling and Wisconsin Electric Utilities
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 228, October 1995



• Employers Participation in the School to Work Transition
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 227, September 1995



•  Examining Recent Trends in the Wisconsin Economy and the Implications for Local Development Strategies
  by Martin Shields
  No. 226, August 1995



• Production vs. Production of Local Public Services
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 225, July 1995



• Sustainable Community Economic Development
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 224, June 1995



• Dying Communities
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 223, May 1995



• The Community Impacts of Festivals and Events
  by David Marcouiller
  No. 222, April 1995



•  The Role of Nontraditional Agriculture in Rural Development
  by David L. Barkley, Paul N. Wilson
  No. 221, March 1995



•  Rural America Home Based Businesses and the Information
  by John Allen, Bruce Johnson
  No. 220, March 1995



•  Rebuilding Rural Retail Markets
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 219, January 1995



•  Quality of life in Rural Areas
  by Norman Walzer
  No. 218, December 1994



•  Competitive Smaller Manufacturing Firms and VibranCommunities Have Something in Common
  by Ken Huddleston
  No. 217, November 1994



•  Does Small Business Ownership Offer opportunities for Women in Rural Areas?
  by Leann M. Tigges, Gary P. Green
  No. 216, October 1994



•  Waste Management and Job Creation
  by John Halstead
  No. 215, September 1994



•  Work Force Preparation for the New Economic Environment
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 214, August 1994



•  Retiree Immigration as an Economic Development Strategy
  by Richard J. Reeder
  No. 213, July 1994



•  Economic Development Issues
  by Norman Walzer
  No. 212, June 1994



•  Rural Schools and Community Economic Development
  by Theresa Heiland
  No. 211, May 1994



•   Is Multicommunity Collaboration a Possible Answer?
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 210, April 1994



•  Bank CDCs
  by Ron Shaffer
  No. 209, March 1994



•  Issues Facing Rural Residents
  by Norman Walzer
  No. 208, February 1994



•  Pros and Cons of Paying for Growth with Impact Fees
  by Gene Bunnell
  No. 207, January 1994



•  The Emergence of Impact Fees as a Way of Paying for Growth
  by Gene Bunnell
  No. 206, December 1993



•  NAFTA and the TPCC: So What?
  by William E. Nothdurft
  No. 205, November 1993



•  Rural Health Care: Access and Satisfaction
  by LaVonne A. Straub
  No. 204, October 1993



•  Do State and Local Economic Developments Work?
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 203, September 1993



•  Are Regional Incomes Diverging?
  by Steven C. Deller
  No. 202, August 1993