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Economic research, data, and analysis concerning the decisions of policymakers and the role of government in advancing the economic well-being of its citizens.

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Housing Needs and Opportunities in North Dakota
Event on November 6, 2025
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Cutting Hours Instead of Cutting Jobs: Shared Work Within the Unemployment Insurance System
Event on July 15, 2025
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Understanding Access to Unemployment Insurance
Event on April 9, 2025
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Minnesota’s Multifamily Housing Industry Faces Rising Property Insurance Costs
Event on March 6, 2025
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Learning from the first (and only) manufactured housing boomJeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
February 28, 2025
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Measuring tax and transfer progressivity, state by stateJeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
February 18, 2025
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Year in review: Summary of 2024 Institute Working PapersLisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
January 28, 2025
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How higher property taxes increase home affordabilityJeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
November 14, 2024
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NA’AMA SHENHAV, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Scholar spotlight: Na’ama ShenhavAndrew Goodman-Bacon | Principal Research Economist, Institute
September 25, 2024
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JOSEPH MULLINS, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota
Scholar spotlight: Joseph MullinsTu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
September 25, 2024
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Data in Action: The 2024 Center for Indian Country Development Data Summit
Event on November 13, 2024
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Reforming Land Use Regulation to Encourage Housing Supply
Event on October 1, 2024
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