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Introducing , an integrative data visualization platform that synthesizes a range of datasets to unpack economic conditions, policy flows, and institutional characteristics of local labor markets across the country.

We are trying to unpack a range of questions:

  • How have earnings, employment, and social conditions in communities across the U.S. evolved over the last several decades?
  • How do labor market outcomes vary by gender, race and ethnicity, and level of education?
  • How do policy flows correspond to these economic conditions?
  • What kind of policies target “place” and how do these compare to those that target individuals and households?
  • How can policies in workforce development, recruitment and retention of large firms, assistance to small and medium-sized firms, and incentives for investing in low-income regions, address place-based disparities?

View our beta platform using the password reimaginingtheeconomy.

Dashboards

This dashboard contains over 40 years of local economic data. The focus is on labor market outcomes like wages and joblessness.

This dashboard draws on data from various government programs and agencies to show how and where government money is spent. 

This dashboard focuses on employment and output in the energy sector. As the green energy transition progresses, each region will face its own opportunities and challenges.

This section allows users to home in on specific commuting zones and paint a full picture of their demographics, economic conditions, and enables comparisons to other similar regions