To increase economic policy discussion and the accessibility of economic policy research, the Center issues regular reports and forecasts on major economic trends in the state, and produces in-depth, timely studies on important issues facing the state economy.
Research Reports
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2021
- 5/2021: The (Poor) Performance of the Unemployment Insurance System during COVID-19 in the United States and (Especially) Wisconsin
- 1/2021: Forecasting the U.S. and Wisconsin Economies in 2021
- 1/2021: Industry Concentration and Local Labor Market Dynamics
- 4/2021: The Impact of Increased Unemployment Benefits During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19
2020
2019
- 12/2019: Revisiting the Foxconn Agreement
- 12/2019: Faulty Data Driving the Manufacturing “Recession” in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
- 10/2019: Unfreezing In-State Tuition
- 8/2019: Jobs, Skills and the Prison-To-Work Transition
- 6/2019: Potential Medicaid Expansion in Wisconsin: New Estimates of Costs and Benefits for Health Care Providers and the Privately Insured
- 5/2019: Marginal Tax Rates and Individual Income Tax Reforms in Wisconsin
- 4/2019: Private Health Care Spending and Medicaid Expansion: Evidence for Wisconsin
- 3/2019: Business Dynamisn in the U.S. and Wisconsin
- 2/2019: The Impact of Medicaid Expansion
- 1/2019: Forecasting U.S. and Wisconsin Economies in 2019
2018
- 12/2018: The Impact of Income Tax Reductions in Wisconsin
- 12/2018: State-Level Implications of Federal Tax Policies
- 10/2018: The Economic Impact of a New Metallic Mine in Wisconsin
- 9/2018: UW-Madison and the State of Wisconsin
- 9/2018: The Impacts of State Tax Structure: A Panel Analysis
- 6/2018: Evidence on the Effects of Minnesota’s Minimum Wage Increases
- 5/2018: Economic Performance in Wisconsin since the Great Recession: A County-Level Analysis
- 2/2018: Business Formation in Wisconsin During and After the Great Recession
- 1/2018: Forecasting the U.S. and Wisconsin Economies in 2018
2017
Presentation Materials and Media Coverage
To view materials from “Wisconsin and the National Economy”, the inaugural CROWE event, choose a link below.
Slides include “Overview of CROWE and Outlook for the Wisconsin Economy” by Noah Williams, “Competition and Productivity Growth in the Rust Belt” by Simeon Alder and “The Economic Reform Imperative: State, Nation, World” by John Taylor of Stanford University.
Presentation materials from subsequent events are also available below:
- AGC WISCONSIN PRESENTATION
- JOHN COCHRANE- “FREE TO GROW”
- 2018 ANNUAL EVENT
- WISCONSIN AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY SLIDES
- THE ECONOMIC REFORM IMPERATIVE: STATE, NATION, WORLD BY JOHN TAYLOR
- YOUNG AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM EVENT
- FOND DU LAC FOUNDERS’ DAY CELEBRATION
- HOW HAS WISCONSIN RECOVERED FROM THE RECESSION? FROM WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION