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Assessing the Midwest Work Force: Strategies for Developing the Region's Human Capital

11/21/02
8:30 AM
Welcome

William C. Hunter,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Rebecca Blank,  University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford, School of Public Policy

8:45 AM
The Changing Economic Landscape of the Midwest Economy — Work Force Issues and Challenges

William Testa,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

9:15 AM
Assessing the Quality of the Region's Work Force
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Issues and Strategies for Improving the Midwest Work Force — Part I
  • Immigration Policy

Barry Chiswick,  University of Illinois at Chicago

Kristin Butcher,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Yolanda Kodrzycki,  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

11:30 AM
Keynote
  • Workforce Opportunities for Low-skilled Workers — a Midwest Perspective

Rebecca Blank,  Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

12:00 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM
Issues and Strategies for Improving the Midwest Work Force — Part II

Richard Judy,  Workforce Associates, Inc.

  • Urban/Suburban Spatial Mismatch

Daniel McMillan,  University of Illinois at Chicago

Kelly DeRango,  W.E. Upjohn Institute

Robert LaLonde,  Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Strategies for Improving the Midwest Work Force

by Richard Mattoon, senior economist
Chicago Fed Letter
Feburary 2003

Event Information
Date
11/21/02 - 11/21/02
Location
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60604
Schedule

8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.