W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Founded in 1945, the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research is an independent research organization based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Its purpose is to find and promote solutions to employment-related problems.

Background

The Upjohn Institute is an activity of the W.E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation which was established in 1932 by Dr W.E. Upjohn, founder of the Upjohn Company. The Trustee Corporation established the Upjohn Institute in 1945 for the purpose of "conducting research into the causes and effects of unemployment and measures for the alleviation of unemployment." Today, with a staff of nearly 60 employees, the Institute not only conducts and funds research into a variety of employment-related issues, it also administers all of the federal and state employment programs in Kalamazoo County and St. Joseph County, Michigan. In addition, the Institute performs program design and evaluations for government entities worldwide.

Experts

The Institute has a resident staff of nine economists. They are (along with their fields of interest)

* [http://www.upjohninstitute.org/staff/eberts.html Dr. Randall W. Eberts] (Executive Director) - unemployment insurance, job training, income distribution, education, public infrastructure investment
* [http://www.upjohninstitute.org/staff/bartik.html Dr. Timothy J. Bartik] - local and regional economic development, public welfare
* [http://www.upjohninstitute.org/staff/earle.html Dr. John S. Earle] - enterprise performance in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe, micro-data
* [http://www.upjohninstitute.org/staff/erickcek.html George A. Erickcek] - local and regional economic development, specifically in West Michigan
* [http://www.upjohninstitute.org/staff/hollenbeck.html Dr. Kevin Hollenbeck] - workforce development, program evaluation, education reform, school-to-work transitions, formal and informal training, performance standards, job training policy
* [http://www.upjohninstitute.org/staff/houseman.html Dr. Susan N. Houseman] - nonstandard work arrangements, international comparisons of labor market policy, workforce productivity
* [http://www.upjohninstitute.org/staff/hunt.html Dr. H. Allan Hunt] - workers' compensation and workforce disability prevention
* [http://www.upjohninstitute.org/staff/oleary.html Dr. Christopher J. O'Leary] - unemployment insurance, return-to-work initiatives, job training policy
* [http://www.upjohninstitute.org/staff/woodbury.html Dr. Stephen A. Woodbury] - compensation and employee benefits, unemployment insurance